The Communist Party in Danzig (present-day Gdańsk) was initially founded as a subdivision of the

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

n section (''bezirk'') of the

KPD 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 ...

. In 1921 a separate party branch of the KPD in the

Free City of Danzig The Free City of Danzig (german: Freie Stadt Danzig; pl, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; csb, Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gda ...

was set up. While the Party did not run in the first elections of 1920, twelve members of the

USPD The Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, USPD) was a short-lived political party in Germany during the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. The organization was establish ...

in the

Volkstag The Volkstag (English: ''People's Diet'') was the parliament of the Free City of Danzig between 1919 and 1939. After World War I Danzig (Gdańsk) became a Free City under the protection of the League of Nations. The first elections to a const ...

joined the Communist Party on 28 January 1921 (seven of them joining the

Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig The Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Freien Stadt Danzig) was a political party in the Free City of Danzig. After the creation of the Free City of Danzig in 1919, the Danzig branch of the S ...

in June 1923). In the following elections the Party ran with varying success. In early 1930s, the Communist Party had around 800 members.

Labour and Socialist International The Labour and Socialist International (LSI; german: Sozialistische Arbeiter-Internationale, label=German, SAI) was an international organization of socialist and labour parties, active between 1923 and 1940. The group was established through a me ...

.
Kongress-Protokolle der Sozialistischen Arbeiter-Internationale - B. 4.1 Wien 1931
'. Glashütten im Taunus: D. Auvermann, 1974. p. IV. 33 The KPD East Prussia-Free City of Danzig organization (''bezirk'') published the daily newspaper ''

Die rote Fahne des Ostens ''Die rote Fahne des Ostens'' ('The Red Flag of the East') was a newspaper published from Königsberg. It was the organ of the East Prussia- Danzig organization (''bezirk'') of the Communist Party of Germany.Matull, Wilhelm. Ostdeutschlands Arbeit ...

''. The KPD Danzig published ''

Das freie Volk ''Das freie Volk'' ('The Free People') was a daily newspaper published from Danzig between December 1918 and 1921.Archivalische Forschungen Zur Geschichte Der Deutschen Arbeiterbewegung', Vol. 6, Eds. 4. Akademie-Verlag., 1969. p. 1750Friedr ...

'' and ''Danziger Arbeiterzeitung''.
Archivalische Forschungen Zur Geschichte Der Deutschen Arbeiterbewegung
', Vol. 6, Eds. 4. Akademie-Verlag., 1969. p. 1750 The Communist Party was banned in the Free City of Danzig on 28 May 1934 by the Nazi Government but continued to run in the 1935 Volkstag elections as "list Plenikowski".

Election results

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References

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