Antifa (Germany)
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Antifa is a political movement in Germany composed of multiple militant groups and individuals on the political left, who describe themselves as anti-fascist; its primary activity has been combating f
The Karl-Liebknecht-Haus in 1932, the historical seat of the Communist Party of Germany and Antifaschistische Aktion, with prominently displayed its logo
The congress organised by the KPD in 1932, with Antifaschistische Aktion' logo flanked by Soviet banners (centre), imagery showing the KPD fighting capitalism (right) and imagery mocking the centre-left SPD (left), regarded by the KPD as social fascists
The Berlin Wall was officially referred to as the Anti-Fascist Protection Wall by East Germany.
An antifa protester in Cologne, 2008
Antifaschistische Aktion
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Antifaschistische Aktion was an anti-fascist organisation in the Weimar Republic, that was founded and controlled by the Communist Party of Germany. Formed in 1932, Antifaschistische Aktion opposed pr
Antifa (Germany)
…combating fascism: initially Nazism, and later neo-Nazism. The antifa movement in Germany has existed in different eras and incarnations, dating back to Antifaschistische Aktion, from which the moniker antifa came. Antifaschistische Aktion was set up by the then-Stalinist Communist Party of Germany (KPD) during the late history…
Under the leadership of Ernst Thälmann, the KPD became a Stalinist party and viewed the SPD as both its main adversary and as "social fascists".