The Communist Working Group (german: Kommunistische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, abbreviated KAG) was a political faction in

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. KAG was founded by the

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members ,

Agnes Schmidt Agnes Schmidt (14 October 1875 – 21 November 1952) was a German activist and politician (SPD, USPD, KPD) who served as a member of the Parliament (''"Landtag"'') of Thuringia. Life Agnes Schmidt was born in Gotha, a town rich in history locat ...

and , whom had constituted an ultra-left faction in the

Communist Party of Germany The Communist Party of Germany (german: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, , KPD ) was a major political party in the Weimar Republic between 1918 and 1933, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in West German ...

(KPD). Geithner and Schreyer had been expelled from KPD, whilst Schmidt resigned from the party to join KAG. KAG fielded a list in the 30 January 1927 Landtag election, headed by Geithner, Schmidt and Schreyer. The KAG list failed to get any deputies elected, obtaining 3,732 votes (0.46%). Following the KAG electoral debacle, Schreyer joined the

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(SPD) whilst Schmidt withdrew from politics. Geithner joined Socialist Workers Party of Germany (SAP) in 1931.
KPD Otto Geithner
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{{reflist Defunct communist parties in Germany Political parties established in 1926