A list of notable politicians and members of the

German Communist Party The German Communist Party (german: Deutsche Kommunistische Partei, ) is a communist party in Germany. The DKP supports Far-left politics, far-left positions and was an observer member of the Party of the European Left, European Left before lea ...

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Hans-Henning Adler Hans-Henning Adler (born 12 December 1949) is a German politician and member of The Left Party. From 2008 until 2013, he was a member of the Parliament of Lower Saxony, and since 2010 he has been a party leader of the Left. Life Adler was bo ...

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Kersten Artus Kersten Artus (née Westphal, born April 1, 1964) is a German journalist and politician. She is a member of The Left (Germany), The Left and a member of the Hamburg Parliament. Life Kersten Artus was born in Bremen. She moved to Hamburg in 19 ...

(now Die Linke)

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* Eva Bulling-Schröter (born 1956, politician, today 'Die Linke' (party))

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Emil Carlebach Emil Carlebach (10 July 1914, Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau - 9 April 2001) was a Hessian Landtag member, a writer, and a journalist. He was born and died in Frankfurt am Main. Life Emil Carlebach was descended from a family of rabbis who had practiced ...

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Franz Josef Degenhardt Franz Josef Degenhardt (3 December 193114 November 2011) was a German poet, satirist, novelist, and – first and foremost – a folksinger/songwriter ( Liedermacher) with decidedly left-wing politics. He was also a lawyer, bearing the academic d ...

(1931–2011) * Christian v. Ditfurth (until 1983)

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Gisela Elsner Gisela Elsner (2 May 1937 – 13 May 1992) was a German writer. She won the Prix Formentor in 1964 for her novel ''Die Riesenzwerge'' (''The Giant Dwarfs''). Early life Elsner was born in Nuremberg, Middle Franconia. In 1959, she went to Vienna ...

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* Peter Gingold

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Alfred Haag Alfred Haag (15 December 1904, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg – 8 August 1982) was a member of the Youth movement of the Communist Party of Germany ( KPD) in the small Württemberg town of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the 1920s, he married anothe ...

Lina Haag Lina Haag née ''Jäger'' (18 January 1907 – 18 June 2012) was a German anti- Fascist activist. Early life Haag was born in Hagkling, and was a member of the Youth movement of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in the small Württembergis ...

* Hannes Heer *

Hans Heinz Holz Hans Heinz Holz (26 February 1927 – 11 December 2011) was a German Marxist philosopher. Born in Frankfurt am Main, he was professor of philosophy at the University of Marburg (from 1971 to 1979) and from 1979 to 1993 at the University o ...

Jörg Huffschmid Jörg Huffschmid (19 February 1940 – 5 December 2009) was a German economist. He held a chair at the University of Bremen. Born in Cologne, Huffschmid attended the University of Freiburg, University of Paris, and Free University of Berlin, maj ...

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Gisela Kessler Gisela Kessler (June 3, 1935 – May 14, 2014) was a German trade unionist. Life Kessler was born in Frankfurt am Main. She worked as a Clerk for Deutsche Bundespost, studied at the Akademie der Arbeit in Frankfurt and worked for the German ...

* Franz Xaver Kroetz (until 1980) *

Maria Krüger Maria Krüger (1904–1999) was a Polish children's literature writer and journalist. Krüger participated in the Warsaw Uprising. Several of her children's books received radio and television adaptations, and have been required reading in Polish s ...

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Herbert Mies Herbert Mies (23 February 1929 – 14 January 2017) was a German politician. He joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1945.Kinnell, Susan K. Communism in the World Since 1945: An Annotated Bibliography'. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 19 ...

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Harry Naujoks Harry Naujoks (18 September 1901 – 20 October 1983) was a German anti-fascist and communist and survivor of Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Biography Naujoks was born in Harburg on the Elbe (today part of Hamburg). He learned the trade of ...

* Otto Niebergall

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* Detlev Peukert

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* Max Reimann *

Paula Rueß Paula Rueß (born Paula Kopp: 3 May 1902 - 8 August 1980) was a German political activist (KPD). Forced into exile by the Nazi takeover, during the early 1940s she worked with the French Resistance. Life Paula Kopp was born in Lichtensteig, a sm ...

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* Sabine Wils *

Karl Schabrod Karl Schabrod (born 19 October 1900 in Perleberg; died 31 March 1981 in Düsseldorf) was a German communist politician. Life and work After elementary school in Perleberg, Schabrod was from 1915 to 1918 an apprentice in his father's carpentry firm ...

Paul Schäfer (politician) Paul Schäfer (born 18 January 1949 in Mainz) is a German politician and diplomat. In 1978 he received a diploma in sociology. From 1983 to 1990 he was editor of the magazine Wissenschaft und Frieden ('Science and Peace'). Political life He i ...

Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (28 April 1918 – 20 September 2001) was an East German journalist, communist propagandist and host of the television show '' Der schwarze Kanal'' (german: link=no, The Black Channel) from 21 March 1960 to 30 Octobe ...

* Karin Struck

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* Uwe Timm (until 1981) * Axel Troost (now Die Linke)

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Hannes Wader Hannes Wader (born Hans Eckard Wader on 23 June 1942) is a German singer-songwriter (" Liedermacher"). He has been an important figure in German leftist circles since the 1970s, with his songs covering such themes as socialist and communist resis ...

(until 1991) * Christel Wegner {{Lists of German politicians by party German Communist Party