List of left communist organizations in the Weimar Republic
The list of left communist organizations in the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) includes groups and organizations assigned to left communism . Some of them are also summarized as the left opposition of the KPD because they opposed the course of the leadership inside and outside this party, above all against the Stalinization . Some of them formed parliamentary groups in the KPD, were excluded or resigned and founded independent groups.
| founding year | Surname | Main representative | Membership numbers | Press organs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | KPD left mostly international communists in Germany (IKD 1918) |
Otto Rühle Heinrich Laufenberg Fritz Wolffheim |
~ 38,000 | |
| 2/1920 | General Workers Union (AAU) | Otto Rühle Rudolf Ziegenhagen |
200,000 (1921) - 12,600 (1924) | |
| 4/1920 | Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD) | Otto Rühle | ~ 40,000 (8/1920) - 4,000 (1927) | Communist workers newspaper |
| 9/1920 | League of Communists (1920) | Heinrich Laufenberg Fritz Wolffheim |
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| 1921 | General Workers' Union - Unit Organization (AAU-E) | Otto Rühle Franz Pfemfert Oskar Kanehl |
The action | |
| 1924 | Weddinger opposition | Hans Weber | The pioneer | |
| 1925 | International Socialist Combat League (ISK) |
Leonard Nelson Minna Woodpecker |
> 300 | |
| 1925 | Fischer-Maslow Group |
Ruth Fischer Arkadi Maslow |
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| 1926 | KPD opposition (Left KPD) |
Iwan Katz Theodor Gohr Berthold Karwahne |
~ 800 | Bulletin for the party workers of the KPD organization in Lower Saxony / Thuringia |
| 1926 | Left communists |
Werner Scholem Hugo Urbahns |
~ 8 | Battle and hut |
| 1926 | Determined Left (EL) |
Karl Korsch Heinrich Schlagewerth Ernst Schwarz |
3,500-5000 |
All power to the councils! Communist politics |
| 1926 | Determined Left (Schwarz Group) | Ernst Black | 4,000 | Resolute left |
| 1926 | Communist working group (KAG 1926) |
Otto Geithner Agnes Schmidt Hans Schreyer |
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| 6/1926 | Spartacus League of Left Communist Organizations | Iwan Katz Franz Pfemfert Oskar Kanehl |
12,000-6,000 | Spartacus |
| 1926 | Communist Politics Group (GKP) | Karl Korsch | 3,000 (1927) |
Communist Politics The Class Fighters The Truth |
| 1926 | Kötter Vogt Group | Wilhelm Kötter Otto Voigt |
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| 1926 | Weber Group | Hans Weber | ||
| 1926 | Fischer Urbahns Group | Ruth Fischer Hugo Urbahns |
The flag of communism bulletin left opposition of the KPD |
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| 1928 | Bolshevik unity |
Erwin Heinz Ackerknecht Otto Schüssler Roman Well |
50 | |
| 4/1928 | Lenin League | Hugo Urbahns | 6000 (1928) - 500 (1932) | Popular will |
| 1929 | Trotskyist minority | |||
| 3/1930 | United Left Opposition of the KPD (Bolshevik-Leninists) | Anton Grylewicz | 350-400 |
International Bulletin of the Communist Left Opposition Bulletin of the Reichsleitung Permanent Revolution Der Kampffruf |
| 1931 | Left opposition of the KPD (Trotskyists) | Erwin Ackerknecht Oskar Seipold |
150 (1931) - 1,000 (1933) | |
| 1931 | Left opposition of the KPD (Landau group) | Kurt Landau | 100-300 | The communist |
| 12/1931 | Communist Workers' Union of Germany (AAUD) | Jan Appel | ~ 300 | |
| 1933 | International Communists of Germany (IKD 1933) | Our word | ||
| 1933 | Group spark | Kurt Landau |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marcel Bois: Communists against Hitler and Stalin: The Left Opposition of the KPD in the Weimar Republic. An overall picture. 2nd edition, Klartext, Berlin 2016, p. 466 f. (Table 21: Left Communist Magazines and Newspapers), p. 533 (Table “Family Tree” of the KPD Left), pp. 535–541 (Glossary: Left groups in the Weimar Republic)