Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (KAPD)

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

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…

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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".

German Revolution

Military Letter from the KAPD

A letter of the KAPD from the Police Archives that served as a coded directive from "Margot" to KAPD members, outlining clandestine communication…

German Revolution

Revolutionary Preparatory Work and Military Organization

A letter of the KAPD from the Police Archives that talks about the preparatory work for its Red Army…

German Revolution

Statutes of the Military Organization (MO) of the KAPD

A circular from KAPD in June 1921 that lists out the regulations for its new Military Organization …

Document from the Military Leadership of KAPD's Helbra Sub-District

A document published by the military leadership of KAPD's Helbra sub-district under the command of…

Ruhr Red Army

Work Plan of the Illegal KO

Military circular of the KAPD "for the individual economic districts and locations at the onset of the action" describing the plan and structure…