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The far Left is more easily described, since after 1945 it presented only two parties to voters and the Allies: the KPD and the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
The name also serves as a reference to the Socialist Unity Party (SED) that ruled East Germany, which was routinely called simply "the Party" in the communist state, and whose anthem "The Party, The Party, it is always right" has been adopted by Die Partei in their own ads.
The far Left is more easily described, since after 1945 it presented only two parties to voters and the Allies: the KPD and the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
Aber auch die SED sog weiter ehemalige NSDAP-Leute auf. 1954 waren 27 Prozent aller Mitglieder der kommunistischen Staatspartei zuvor in der Hitler-Partei und deren Gliederungen gewesen. Und 32,2 Prozent aller damaligen Angestellten im Öffentlichen Dienst gehörten früher einmal nationalsozialistischen Organisationen an.