Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Aufbauorganisation) Explained

The Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Aufbauorganisation) (KPD (AO), Communist Party of Germany (Pre-Party Formation)) was a West German Maoist group founded in 1970. It changed its name to the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) a year later.^[1]

In 1973 KPD members occupied and vandalized Bonn's city hall to protest a visit by South Vietnam's Prime Minister.^[2] By 1974 it was West Germany's most significant Maoist party, with 5,000 members.^[3] About a quarter of its members were women. It dissolved in 1980.

Jörg Immendorff illustrated some of their publications.^[4]

Members

• Dieter Kunzelmann^[5]
• Horst Mahler^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Red Army Faction, A Documentary History: Volume 1: Projectiles for the People. 9781604868937 . 2022-10-24. Smith . J. . Moncourt . André . July 2013 . PM Press .
2. Book: Fire and Flames: A History of the German Autonomist Movement - Geronimo. 9781604867299 . 2022-10-24. Geronimo . June 2012 . PM Press .
3. Book: Maoism in the Developed World - Robert Jackson Alexander. 9780275961480 . 2022-10-24. Alexander . Robert Jackson . 2001 . Bloomsbury Academic .
4. Book: The Routledge Handbook of the Global Sixties: Between Protest and Nation .... 9781351366106 . 2022-10-24. Jian . Chen . Klimke . Martin . Kirasirova . Masha . Nolan . Mary . Young . Marilyn . Waley-Cohen . Joanna . 6 February 2018 . Routledge .
5. Book: West Germany and the Global Sixties: The Anti-Authoritarian Revolt, 1962–1978 . 9781107470347 . Brown . Timothy Scott . 10 October 2013 . Cambridge University Press .
6. Book: Red Army Faction, A Documentary History: Volume 1: Projectiles for the People . 9781604868937 . Smith . J. . Moncourt . André . July 2013 . PM Press .