International Communists of Germany Internationale Kommunisten Deutschlands | |
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Leader | Otto Rühle Johann Knief |
Founded | November 23, 1918 |
Legalised | December 15, 1918 |
Dissolved | January 1, 1919 |
Split from | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Merged into | Communist Party of Germany |
Succeeded by | Communist Workers' Party of Germany |
Headquarters | Bremen |
Newspaper | Der Kommunist[1] |
Ideology | Left communism Council communism Internationalism |
Political position | Far-left |
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International Communists of Germany (Internationalen Kommunisten Deutschlands; IKD) was a Communist political grouping founded in November 1918 during the German Revolution. The small party was, together with the better known Spartacist League, one of the constituent organizations that joined to form the Communist Party of Germany in 1918.