Ernst Thalmann Biography and Timeline

Communist Party

A new KPD leadership loyal to Joseph Stalin, the new Soviet Premier, was installed, headed by Ernst Thalmann, abandons the goal of immediate revolution, and from 1924 onwards contested Reichstag elections

Election

A new KPD leadership loyal to Joseph Stalin, the new Soviet Premier, was installed, headed by Ernst Thalmann, abandons the goal of immediate revolution, and from 1924 onwards contested Reichstag elections

Party Leader

A new KPD leadership loyal to Joseph Stalin, the new Soviet Premier, was installed, headed by Ernst Thalmann, abandons the goal of immediate revolution, and from 1924 onwards contested Reichstag elections

Party Leader

Stalin launches a new "leftist" policy, which the KPD loyally follows, the so-called 3rd Period policy holds that capitalism is entering a deep crisis and the time for a revolution was approaching, the SPD are denounced as "social fascists"

Social Fascists

Stalin launches a new "leftist" policy, which the KPD loyally follows, the so-called 3rd Period policy holds that capitalism is entering a deep crisis and the time for a revolution was approaching, the SPD are denounced as "social fascists"

Election

The KPD wins 100 deputies

Election

The KPD wins 100 deputies. The "social fascism" policy scuttles any possibility of a united front with the SPD against the rising power of the Nazis. In the presidential elections Th„lmann takes 13.2% of the vote, compared to Hitler's 30.1%

Social Fascism

The "social fascism" policy scuttles any possibility of a united front with the SPD against the rising power of the Nazis

Reichstag Fire

The Reichstag is set on fire and Dutch council communist Marinus van der Lubbe is found inside the building, the Nazis publicly blame the fire on communist agitators in general

Enabling Act

Is unable to oppose the Enabling Act in the Reichstag because the KPD has been suppressed and he is under arrest.

Role range: 1925-1933