KPD Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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The KPD Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania refers to the state organizations of the KPD that was active in Mecklenburg-Schwerin and in the Prussian province of Pomerania .

history

After the KPD was founded on January 1, 1919, it took a while in many places in Mecklenburg and Pomerania until there - mainly workers, farmers and the unemployed - were organized in local KPD groups. Many of them were already politically organized in the SPD or USPD , and many of them were still active in workers 'and soldiers' councils during the November Revolution. One example is the establishment of the local group of the KPD in Greifswald , which did not take place until October 9, 1919. In the agrarian Mecklenburg and Pomerania, the KPD was initially only able to expand its influence in the larger cities and towns. This can also be seen in the results of the elections for the Mecklenburg-Schwerin state parliament.

Important KPD members were Ewald Vorkörper , Alfred Buhler , the Low German writer Rudolf Hartmann and Erich Schmidt .

During the time of National Socialism , many members of the KPD were persecuted and locked up in concentration camps and murdered. But resistance also arose in Mecklenburg, which many had to pay with their lives.

After the Second World War , the KPD was constituted in the state of Mecklenburg . In April 1946 the KPD finally merged with the SPD in the SED (see compulsory merger of the SPD and KPD into the SED ).

With the fall of the wall in 1989 and reunification in 1990, the SED renamed itself and its structures have largely merged with today's left . A smaller part of the members, for example several SED members in Neubrandenburg and Teterow , joined the DKP , which founded its first regional association in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in October 2013 in Rostock and sees itself in the tradition of the KPD in the state.

Results of the state elections

State election in Mecklenburg-Schwerin Voting share in% Seats Change (seats)
1921 4.64% 3 seats + 3 seats
1924 13.61% 9 seats + 6 seats
1927 6.61% 3 seats - 6 seats
1929 5.23% 3 seats ± 0 seats
1932 7.44% 4 seats + 1 seats
1933 7.30% 4 seats ± 0 seats