This list provides an alphabetically ordered overview of the members of the Zentralausschuss (literally "Central Commission") 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.
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:
Karl Forst
Jakob Schloer Hermann Schroers
Robert Siewert
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 Forst "Garge" Johann Geier Otto Graf
Erna Halbe "Jakob"
"Rockow" "Schmidt"
Jakob Schloer Robert Siewert
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"
"Garge"
Jakob Konieczny Bernhard Kühl
Arthur Marks Valeska Meinig
Ulrich Rogg
Robert Siewert
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:
Members: Waldemar Behrs
Franz Dahlem Paul Franken Ernst Friesland (alias for Ernst Reuter)
Otto Graf
Alwin Hentschel Wilhelm Herzog
Walter Kaiser Leo Klinger Artur König Otto König
Hermann Krause Hedwig Krüger Herbert von Mayenburg
Karl Poschmann Heinrich Rau Ulrich Rogg
Robert Siewert
Bruno Schramm Georg Schumann
Ernst Thälmann
Hugo Werner Karl Winkelsässer
7th Party Congress (1921) The seventh Party Congress in Jena (22 – 26 August 1921) elected a Central Commission consisting of 36 members:
Members: Heinrich Böschen
Noah Borowski Karl Eckhardt
Ruth Fischer Paul Franken
Ottomar Geschke Theodor Gohr Martin Hoffmann
Leo Klinger Bernhard Kühl Arkadi Maslow Herbert von Mayenburg Peter Mieves
Willy Sachse Robert Siewert
Bruno Schramm Reinhold Schoenlank Georg Schumann Ernst Thälmann
Hugo Urbahns
Ernst Wollweber
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: Heinrich Alles "Mittelrhein" Heinrich Böschen
Erich Czernecki
Karl Eckhardt
Ruth Fischer Ottomar Geschke Karl Grönsfelder Kurt Grünthaler Gustav Haubold
Bernard Koenen Arkadi Maslow
Gustav Mößner
August Radtke Siegfried Rädel
Willy Sachse Robert Siewert Albert Stolzenburg Carl Stucke Alois Schlichting
Ernst Thälmann
Hugo Urbahns
Ernst Wollweber Otto Zimmermann
References
Sources
Hermann Weber (Hrsg.): Der deutsche Kommunismus. Dokumente 1915–1945. 3. Auflage. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 1973, S. 425–434.