The Communist Working Group (german: Kommunistische Arbeitsgemeinschaft; KAG) was a short-lived

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during the

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that existed from 1921 to 1922. Created by the former head of the

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, the organization was formed following his ousting in response to criticism of the March uprising. In 1922, the KAG merged with the

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.Marcel Bois: ''Kommunisten gegen Hitler und Stalin. Die linke Opposition der KPD in der Weimarer Republik. Eine Gesamtdarstellung.'' Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2014, , p. 537, (Zugleich: Berlin, Technische Universität, Dissertation, 2014).

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