• takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 days ago

    When antifa movement was created in Weimar Republic because of Hitler, it didn’t involve communists it was made of liberals.

    Also many forget that Nazis and Soviets secretly divided Europe and together attacked Poland from both sides.

    Stalin only switched sides after Hitler backstabbed him.

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        Excuse me if I believe an actual historian that specializes in history of that region: https://snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-antifa-means-pro-nazi-video

        The Antifaschistische Aktion was created by KPD, but anti fascist movements existed before that and many enemy of KPD were Social Democrats (SPD) aka liberals.

        Organizations like Eiserne Front or Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold existed way before Antifaschistische Aktion.

        Also KPD (under control of Stalin) treated Social Democrats as their main event and even called them fascists.

        It’s actually all there, if you would not stop after first sentence and continue to read the background section.

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          Organizations like Eiserne Front or Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold existed way before Antifaschistische Aktion

          They did not exist “way before” AFA. They existed from 1931 and 1924 respectively. Roter Frontkämpferbund which was the precursor to AFA was formed in 1924.

          You are just changing historical facts to push the horseshoe theory. If you want to get pedantic about who did what in Weimar Germany, which political party was it that made use of the swastika wearing Freikorps to put down communist uprisings? It was the SPD.