Socialist Workers' Party of Germany
Socialist Workers' Party of Germany Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands | |
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| Leader | |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Banned | 1933 |
| Merger of | KPD-O (1932) USPD |
| Split from | SPD |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Weimar Republic |
| Newspaper | Sozialistische Arbeiter-Zeitung |
| Youth wing | Socialist Youth League of Germany |
| Paramilitary | Sozialistischer Schutzbund |
| Membership | 25,000 (1931) 15,600 (1933) |
| Ideology | Centrist Marxism Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | International Revolutionary Marxist Centre |
| Colours | Red |
The Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (German: Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SAPD) was a centrist Marxist political party in Germany. It was formed as a left-wing party with around 20,000 members which split off from the SPD in the autumn of 1931. In 1931, the remnants of the USPD merged into the party and in 1932 some Communist Party dissenters also joined the group as well as a part from the Communist Party Opposition. Nevertheless, its membership remained small. From 1933, the group's members worked illegally against Nazism.