Paul Levi

Paul Levi (1883–1930) was a co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and served as its chairman from 1919 to 1921. He was expelled from the party at the initiative of the Comintern leadership after criticizing the KPD’s putschist tactics during the March Uprising of 1921. Levi later became one of the most important representatives of the left-wing and Marxist wing of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).