Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Aufbauorganisation)

The Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Aufbauorganisation) (KPD (AO), Communist Party of Germany (Pre-Party Formation)) was a West German Maoist group founded in 1970. It changed its name to the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) a year later.[1]

In 1973 KPD members occupied and vandalized Bonn's city hall to protest a visit by South Vietnam's Prime Minister.[2][3] By 1974 it was West Germany's most significant Maoist party, with 5,000 members.[3] About a quarter of its members were women.[3] It dissolved in 1980.[3]

Jörg Immendorff illustrated some of their publications.[4]

  1. ^ Smith, J.; Moncourt, André (July 2013). Red Army Faction, A Documentary History: Volume 1: Projectiles for the People. PM Press. ISBN 9781604868937. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  2. ^ Geronimo (June 2012). Fire and Flames: A History of the German Autonomist Movement - Geronimo. PM Press. ISBN 9781604867299. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  3. ^ a b c d Alexander, Robert Jackson (2001). Maoism in the Developed World - Robert Jackson Alexander. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780275961480. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  4. ^ Jian, Chen; Klimke, Martin; Kirasirova, Masha; Nolan, Mary; Young, Marilyn; Waley-Cohen, Joanna (6 February 2018). The Routledge Handbook of the Global Sixties: Between Protest and Nation ... Routledge. ISBN 9781351366106. Retrieved 2022-10-24.