Communist Party of Germany

:This article deals with the original KPD. For information on later groups using the same name, see Communist Party of Germany (disambiguation).

Stalinism

However, the leadership was never stable and Levi was expelled by the Comintern for indiscipline, despite Lenin's argument that his position was correct. Further leadership changes took place in the early 1920s, and a splinter group (Communist Party Opposition) was set up under the leadership of Heinrich Brandler and August Thalheimer, who had been expelled. After 1923, a leadership was installed loyal to the rising Stalin faction in Russia. In 1928, this leadership, headed by Ernst Thälmann, supported the so called Third Period conception - the belief that capitalism was entering a deep crisis and the best time for a revolution was approaching fast.

Related Topics:
Comintern - Communist Party Opposition - Heinrich Brandler - August Thalheimer - 1923 - Stalin - 1928 - Ernst Thälmann - Third Period

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In the Weimar republic era, the KPD maintained a solid electoral performance, gaining 100 deputies in the November 1932 elections. In the presidential election of the same year, Thälmann took 13.2% of the vote, compared to Hitler's 30.1%.

Related Topics:
Weimar republic - 1932 - Hitler

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However, at the same time, the KPD pursued the disastrous policy of concentrating on the Social Democrats first, assuming that the Nazis were no real threat and that a Nazi regime would quickly collapse. This prevented the formation of a left-wing anti-Nazi alliance that could have stopped Hitler's rise to power.

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