List of members of the Central Commission of the Communist Party of Germany

This list provides an alphabetically ordered overview of the members of the Zentralausschuss (literally "Central Commission")[1] of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) elected at the Party Congresses (1920–1923). It was abolished at the 10th Party Congress of the KPD in July 1925 in Berlin.[2]

3rd Party Congress (February 1920)

The (illegally assembled) third Party Congress in Karlsruhe (25 – 26 February 1920) elected a Central Commission consisting of eleven members:

Members:

  • Ernst Brandt
  • Karl Forst
  • Willi Langrock
  • Paul Malachinski
  • Hans Pfeiffer
  • Jakob Schloer
  • Hermann Schroers
  • Karl Schulz
  • Robert Siewert
  • Hans Tittel
  • Fritz Winguth

4th Party Congress (April 1920)

The (illegally assembled) fourth Party Congress in Berlin (14 – 15 April 1920) elected a Central Commission consisting of 20 members:

Members:

  • Karl Baier
  • Ernst Brandt
  • Karl Forst
  • "Garge"
  • Johann Geier
  • Otto Graf
  • Ernst Graul
  • Erna Halbe
  • "Jakob"
  • Karl Klein
  • Willi Langrock
  • Hans Pfeiffer
  • "Rockow"
  • "Schmidt"
  • Friedrich Schnellbacher
  • Jakob Schloer
  • Robert Siewert
  • Hans Tittel
  • Fritz Winguth
  • Karl Winkler

5th Party Congress (November 1920)

The delegates of the fifth Party Congress in Berlin (1 – 3 November 1920) elected a Central Commission consisting of 22 members:

Members:

  • "Aschauer"
  • Karl Baier
  • Ernst Brandt
  • Eugen Eppstein
  • "Garge"
  • Paul Gmeiner
  • Karl Jannack
  • Jakob Konieczny
  • Bernhard Kühl
  • Willi Langrock
  • Georg Lechleiter
  • Arthur Marks
  • Valeska Meinig
  • Josef Miller
  • Edwin Morgner
  • Ulrich Rogg
  • Friedrich Schnellbacher
  • Robert Siewert
  • Hans Tittel
  • Gustav Triebel
  • Fritz Winguth
  • "Wolf"

6th Party Congress (December 1920)

The sixth Party Congress in Berlin (4 – 7 December 1920) was the unification congress of the KPD and the left wing of the USPD. The delegates elected a Central Commission consisting of 39 members:[3]

Members:

7th Party Congress (1921)

The seventh Party Congress in Jena (22 – 26 August 1921) elected a Central Commission consisting of 36 members:

Members:

8th Party Congress (1923)

The delegates of the eighth Party Congress meeting in Leipzig (28 January – 1 February 1923) elected a Central Commission consisting of 38 members:

Members:

References

  1. ^ Fowkes 1984, p. xi.
  2. ^ Fowkes 1984, p. 185–186.
  3. ^ Bericht über die Verhandlungen des Vereinigungsparteitages U.S.P.D. (Linke) und der K.P.D. (Spartakusbund) Abgehalten in Berlin vom 4. bis 7. Dezember 1920 [Report on the Proceedings of the Unification Congress of the U.S.P.D. (Left) and the K.P.D. (Spartacus League), Held in Berlin from December 4 to 7, 1920] (in German). Berlin: Communist Party of Germany. 1921. pp. 270–271. Retrieved 10 April 2026.

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