Responding to listener queries about the evidence behind this common assertion regarding the KPD’s underestimation of the fascist threat.Further reading: Jane Degras, ed., <a href='https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/documents/volume3-1929-1943.pdf'>The Communist International, 1919-1943: Documents, vol. 3: 1929-1943</a> <a href='https://www.nypl.org/research/research-catalog/bib/b12383353'>International Press Correspondence</a> <a href='https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/ci/vol-10/index.htm'>Communist International journal (1933)</a> <a href='https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/'>Documents from the 13th Plenum of the ECCI</a>Some names from this episode: Chen Duxiu, co-founder of the Communist Party of China Hermann Remmele, leading KPD Reichstag member Heinrich Brüning, German Chancellor from 1930-1932 Osip Piatnitsky, leading Comintern figure Wilhelm Pieck, leader of KPD from 1934Episode artwork: Autonome Antifa (M) poster from 1991<a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Responding to listener queries about the evidence behind this common assertion regarding the KPD’s underestimation of the fascist threat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further reading:&lt;br/&gt;Jane Degras, ed., &lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/documents/volume3-1929-1943.pdf'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Communist International, 1919-1943: Documents, &lt;/em&gt;vol. 3:&lt;em&gt; 1929-1943&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.nypl.org/research/research-catalog/bib/b12383353'&gt;&lt;em&gt;International Press Correspondence&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/ci/vol-10/index.htm'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Communist International&lt;/em&gt; journal (1933)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/'&gt;Documents from the 13th Plenum of the ECCI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some names from this episode:&lt;br/&gt;Chen Duxiu, co-founder of the Communist Party of China&lt;br/&gt;Hermann Remmele, leading KPD Reichstag member&lt;br/&gt;Heinrich Brüning, German Chancellor from 1930-1932&lt;br/&gt;Osip Piatnitsky, leading Comintern figure&lt;br/&gt;Wilhelm Pieck, leader of KPD from 1934&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Episode artwork:&lt;br/&gt;Autonome Antifa (M) poster from 1991&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Responding to listener queries about the evidence behind this common assertion regarding the KPD’s underestimation of the fascist threat. Further reading: Jane Degras, ed., The Communist International, 1919-1943: Documents, vol. 3: 1929-1943  International Press Correspondence  Communist International journal (1933)  Documents from the 13th Plenum of the ECCI Some names from this episode: Chen Duxiu, co-founder of the Communist Party of China Hermann Remmele, leading KPD Reichstag m...

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Did the German Communists Really Say “After Hitler, Our Turn?” Exploring the Historical Evidence

Did the German Communists Really Say “After Hitler, Our Turn?” Exploring the Historical Evidence

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