Socialist Workers' Party of Germany

This article is about the SAPD active 1931–1945. For the party called SAPD in 1875–1890, see Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Not to be confused with the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany, also known as the Nazi Party.
Socialist Workers' Party of Germany
Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands
Leader
Founded1931 (1931)
Banned1933 (1933)
Merger ofKPD-O (1932)
USPD
Split fromSPD
HeadquartersBerlin, Weimar Republic
NewspaperSozialistische Arbeiter-Zeitung
Youth wingSocialist Youth League of Germany
ParamilitarySozialistischer Schutzbund
Membership25,000 (1931)
15,600 (1933)
IdeologyCentrist Marxism
Democratic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
International affiliationInternational Revolutionary Marxist Centre
Colours  Red

The Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (German: Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SAPD, sometimes called simply the Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei, SAP) was a centrist Marxist political party in Germany. It was formed as a left-wing party with around 20,000 members who split off from the SPD in the autumn of 1931. In 1931, the remnants of the USPD merged into the party and in 1932 some Communist Party dissenters also joined the group as well as a part of the Communist Party Opposition. Nevertheless, SAPD membership remained small. From 1933, the group's members worked illegally against Nazism.

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