Appeal Of Communism

Question 1

3 statistics showing a surge in communism?

Answer 1

1929 - membership : 117,000
1932 - membership : 360,000

KPD moved to unemployed from trade unions after the crash.

Red front fighters league engaged the police , SA and Nazis in frequent street battles

Question 2

What was the ideology of communism?
( 3 points )

Answer 2

End to benefit and wage cuts
End to military spending
Creation of a workers state

Question 3

How did the depression change the KPD?

Answer 3

Workers revolution inevitable
Replace SPD as main left wing party
SPD : “Social fascists”

Question 4

3 Strengths of German communism?

Answer 4

Nov 32”: 16.9% of the Reichstag election vote
Success at street/neighbourhood level
Perceived threat from middle classes

Question 5

3 weaknesses of German communism?

Answer 5

Membership turnover high , more than 50% of its new members in 1932 left within a few months.
Lil it’s appeal against women
Focused too much on fighting the “social fascists” rather than actual fascists - Nazis