Paul Levi1920
Following the assassination of Leo Jogiches, Paul Levi becomes the KPD leader
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Following the assassination of Leo Jogiches, Paul Levi becomes the KPD 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
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"
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