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Young Communist League of Germany (Opposition)
Kommunistischer Jugendverband Deutschlands (Opposition)
LeaderAlfred Albrecht (1932–)
HeadquartersBerlin, Stuttgart
Membership~1,000
IdeologyCommunism
Mother partyCommunist Party of Germany (Opposition)
MagazineJunge Kämpfer (1929–1931)

The Young Communist League of Germany (Opposition) (German: Kommunistischer Jugendverband Deutschlands (Opposition), abbreviated KJVD-Opposition, KJVDO, KJVO or KJO) was a youth organization in Germany. KJVD-Opposition was the youth wing of the Communist Party of Germany (Opposition).[1]

Organization

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KJVD-Opposition had approximately 1,000 members. It was strongest in Thuringia and Saxony. Other areas where the organization was active were Berlin-Brandenburg, Wasserkante, Silesia, Württemberg and Hesse. KJVD-Opposition had a national school (Reichsschule), which could host 35 people at a time. At the school, the organization conducted political training, usually for two weeks at a time.[2]

Publications

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KJVD-Opposition published the monthly Junge Kämpfer ('Young Fighter') in Berlin from 1929-1931, which was distributed amongst members and sympathizers of the movement.[3][4][5] Junge Kämpfer was mainly edited by Walter Uhlmann.[6] Another monthly KJVD-Opposition publication, Kommunistische Jugend-Politik ('Communist Youth Politics') dealt with organizational issues and was distributed amongst cadres.[3]

Under the Nazi regime

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In 1932 the national leadership of KJVD-Opposition shifted from Berlin to Stuttgart. Around this time Alfred Albrecht became the national leader of KJVD-Opposition.[7] Albeit a minor group in the German labour movement, KJVD-Opposition organized some resistance activities against the Nazi regime in the 1930s.[1] Under Albrecht's leadership KJVD-Opposition formed a youth cartel of left-wing organizations, and conducted anti-fascist mobilizations in working-class neighbourhoods.[2][7] Walter Uhlmann was the representative of KJVD-Opposition in the underground Berlin Committee of the mother party.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Schilde, Kurt. Jugendopposition 1933-1945: ausgewählte Beiträge. Berlin: Lukas, 2007. pp. 21-22
  2. ^ a b Miller, Frederick Alfred. Left-wing splinter parties in the Weimar Republic
  3. ^ a b Gruppe Arbeiterpolitik. Archiv Arbeiterpolitik Rundbrief Nr. 3
  4. ^ Beseler, Hartmut. Die Haltung der KPO zur Sowjetunion hinsichtlich ihrer inneren Systementwicklung, Aussenpolitik und Politik im Rahmen der kommunistischen Internationale. 1981. p. 252
  5. ^ Diers, Andreas. Arbeiterbewegung - Demokratie - Staat Wolfgang Abendroth ; Leben und Werk ; 1906 - 1948. Hamburg: VSA-Verl, 2005. p. 620
  6. ^ Tjaden, Karl Hermann. Struktur und Funktion der "KPD-Opposition" (KPO); eine organisationssoziologische Untersuchung zur "Rechts"-Opposition im deutschen Kommunismus zur Zeit der Weimarer Republik. Meisenheim am Glan: A. Hain, 1964. p. 145
  7. ^ a b Bergmann, Theodor, and Tom Adler. Klassenkampf und Solidarität: Geschichte der Stuttgarter Metallarbeiter. Hamburg: VSA-Verlag, 2007. p. 362
  8. ^ Foitzik, Jan. Zwischen den Fronten: Zur Politik, Organisation und Funktion linker politischer Kleinorganisationen im Widerstand 1933 bis 1939/40. S.l: Neue Gesellschaft, 1986. p. 60
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