Communist Party (Free City of Danzig)

The Communist Party in Danzig (Gdańsk) was initially founded as a subdivision of the East Prussian section of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In 1921 a separate branch of the KPD in the Free City of Danzig was built.[1] While the Party did not run in the first elections of 1920, twelve members of the USPD in the Volkstag joined the Communist Party on 28 January 1921 (seven of them joining the Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig in June 1923).[2] In the following elections the Party ran with varying success. In early 1930s, the Communist Party had around 800 members.[3]

The Party was banned on 28 May 1934 by the Nazi Government but continued to run in the 1935 Volkstag elections as "list Plenikowski".[4]

Election results

Year Votes % Seats % of Seats
1923 14,982 9.09 11 9.17
1927 11,700 6.40 8 6.67
1930 20,194 10.21 7 9.72
1933 14,566 6.80 5 6.94
1935 7,916 3.37 2 2.78

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References

  1. ^ Andrzejewski, Marek (1994) (in German). Opposition und Widerstand in Danzig, 1933 bis 1939. Dietz Verlag. p. 24. ISBN 3801240541. http://books.google.de/books?cd=7&id=A4LiAAAAMAAJ&dq=Andrzejewski%2C+Marek&q=kommunistische. 
  2. ^ Matull, Wilhelm (1973). "Ostdeutschlands Arbeiterbewegung: Abriß ihrer Geschichte, Leistung und Opfer" (in German). Holzner Verlag. p. 435. http://library.fes.de/breslau/pdf/a20715/a20715_07.pdf. 
  3. ^ Labour and Socialist International. Kongress-Protokolle der Sozialistischen Arbeiter-Internationale - B. 4.1 Wien 1931. Glashütten im Taunus: D. Auvermann, 1974. p. IV. 33
  4. ^ Sodeikat, Ernst (1966). "Der Nationalsozialismus und die Danziger Opposition" (in German). Institut für Zeitgeschichte. p. 139 ff. http://www.ifz-muenchen.de/heftarchiv/1966_2_2_sodeikat.pdf. 
  5. ^ 16. Mai 1920, Wahl zur verfassunggebenden Versammlung, 18. November 1923, Wahl zum 2. Volkstag, 13. November 1927, Wahl zum 3. Volkstag, 16. November 1930, Wahl zum 4. Volkstag, 28. Mai 1933, Wahl zum 5. Volkstag, 28. Mai 1933 7. April 1935, Wahl zum 6. Volkstag