Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (KAPD)

Content by or about the Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (Communist Workers Party of Germany; KAPD).

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 08 No. 40 -17 December 1921)

Including: Esperanto, Frank Penman in London, historic background of the Communist Manifesto, India,…

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 08 No. 33 - 29 October 1921)

Including: KAPD on anti-parliamentarianism, historic background of the Communist Manifesto,…

Bolsheviks speaking at a meeting of workers and soldiers in Petrograd in 1917

The Russian Tragedy

A 1927 pamphlet by the KAPD that critiques the trajectory of the Russian October Revolution a decade after 1917, critiquing the NEP and Russia's…

the original typed letter in German

About the KAPD from Report No. 242 of Sipo Berlin

A Police Document that talks about the KAPD and the HI Neumann Gruppe that subsequently joined it. The original can be found here.

Max Hölz

Secret Order from Max Hölz to the Braunschweig Workers

An order from Max Hölz to workers in Braunschweig, asking them to suppoet the March Action with all…

Günter Onasch, grandson of Jan Onasch, in front of the ABC bunker in Findorff-Bremen: Among the names that line the bunker wall is that of his grandfather

About Karl Plättner and KAPD's "Illegal" Group in Bremen

A police report from 1921, this text details the activities of the KAPD in Bremen, focusing on an…

Ludwig Barbasch

The Programme of the Communist International

Written under the alias of "Fedor Günther", this text by the KAPD member Ludwig Barbasch critiques the strategies of the Comintern, arguing that…

Pankhurst Communist Workers Party cover.jpg

The Communist Workers' Party and Fourth International - Sylvia Pankhurst

List of objects and methods of the left-communist Communist Workers' Party, appearing in the 11…

Art

Art and Class

An article by the KAPD that explores the relationship between art and class. Here they also talk about the bourgeois monopoly on art and culture and also reject the notion of a "proletarian…

Ruhr Red Army

Council Communist Military Documents

The following collection is a result of persistent effort and a contribution to the history of the very less document German Council Communists…

Military Questionnaire from the KAPD

A letter of the KAPD from the Police Archives that served as a questionnaire, detailing instructions for local groups to gather intelligence on revolutionary fighters, industrial resources, military infrastructure, and enemy organizations while emphasizing espionage tactics and secrecy. The letter can be found in "Organisation der leinksradikalen Bewegung im Reich, Büro Kölpin, No. 93" in the "State Archives of…

Military Letter from the KAPD

A letter of the KAPD from the Police Archives that is a secretive directive from Margot, urging frequent reporting, caution with sensitive materials, and the use of trusted informants for espionage. The letter can be found in "Organisation der leinksradikalen Bewegung im Reich, Büro Kölpin, No. 93" in the "State Archives of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Department".