Communist Party of Switzerland
Communist Party of Switzerland (German: Kommunistische Partei der Schweiz), known as the "Old Communists" (Altkommunisten), was a historical Communist party, section of the Communist International.
Communist Party of Switzerland Kommunistische Partei der Schweiz | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | KPS |
| Leader | Fritz Platten |
| President | Franz Welti |
| General Secretary | Marino Bodenmann |
| Founded | March 6, 1921 |
| Banned | November 26, 1940 |
| Split from | PS/SP |
| Succeeded by | Party of Labour |
| Newspaper | Kämpfer |
| Membership | 6,000 |
| Ideology | Communism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | Comintern |
The Party originated from a group of dissidents who were expelled from the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland in 1918. Fritz Platten was a central leader in the new Party.[1]
The Swiss Communist Party was banned in 1940 because of their support of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.[2] In 1944 some of its leading members founded the Swiss Party of Labour to replace the old Communist Party.
Endnotes
- Zapantis, Andrew L. (1982). Greek-Soviet relations, 1917-1941. East European Monographs. p. 155. ISBN 9780880330046.
- Molin, Karl (1982). Hemmakriget. Stockholm. p. 118. ISBN 91-550-2785-7.)
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