The death of the KPD communism and anti-communism in West Germany, 1945-1956 / [electronic resource] :
Patrick Major.
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1997.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 335 p.).
- Oxford historical monographs .
- Oxford historical monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why was the West German Communist Party banned in 1956, only 11 years after it emerged from Nazi persecution? This book uses material from Communist archives in the former GDR and Western intelligence, to trace the final decline and fall of the once-powerful KPD.