Communist Party of Germany

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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),[a] 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.

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  1. German: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands