Communist Party of Germany

Not to be confused with the German Communist Party, formed in 1968.

Communist Party of Germany Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands
Abbreviation	KPD
Merged into	Socialist Unity Party (Eastern sections)
Political orientation	Marxism-Leninism Communism Anti-revisionism

The Communist Party of Germany (KDP), was a communist party in Germany. After the Second World War, the eastern branch of the KDP was merged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Socialist Unity Party (SED), which would become the ruling party of the East Germany. After the death of Joseph Stalin, the SED, as well as many other parties around the globe, took an opportunist turn.

See also

• Socialist Unity Party
• Social-fascism
• German Democratic Republic