Communist Party of Germany/Marxists–Leninists

Communist Party of Germany/Marxists–Leninists

Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands/Marxisten-Leninisten
Communist Party of Germany/Marxists–Leninists Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands/Marxisten-Leninisten
Abbreviation	KPD/ML
Chairman	Ernst Aust (until 1983); Horst-Dieter Koch (from 1983);
Founded	31 December 1968
Dissolved	1986
Merged into	United Socialist Party
Headquarters	Hamburg (until 1973); Dortmund (from 1973);
Membership (mid-1970s)	c. 800
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Anti-revisionism; Stalinism; Maoism (until 1978); Hoxhaism (from 1978);
Political position	Far-left
Party flag
	Politics of West Germany; Elections; Politics of East Germany; Elections;

The Communist Party of Germany/Marxists–Leninists (German: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands/Marxisten-Leninisten, KPD/ML) was a clandestine communist party active in West Germany and East Germany during the Cold War. It was founded in 1968 by former Communist Party of Germany (KPD) official Ernst Aust, who subsequently became the party's chairman. An anti-revisionist party, the KPD/ML upheld the legacy of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin and supported China under Mao Zedong and later Albania under Enver Hoxha after the Sino-Albanian split. At its peak in the mid-1970s, the party claimed a membership of around 800.

The party published a periodical named Roter Morgen (transl. "Red Morning"). Former members of the party continued to publish the newspaper until December 2011.

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