Roter Frontkämpferbund

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The Roter Frontkämpferbund (German: [ˈʁoːtɐ ˈfʁɔntˌkɛmpfɐbʊnt], translated as "Alliance of Red Front-Fighters" or "Red Front Fighters' League"), usually called the Rotfrontkämpferbund (RFB), was a legally registered far-left paramilitary organization affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) during the Weimar Republic. The RFB was banned in 1929 after violent clashes during illegal May Day demonstrations in Berlin, after which it mostly ceased operating, although small scale Underground Activities continued. The first local branches of the RFB were established in July 1924. The group's inaugural nationwide meeting was held in February 1925 in Berlin, where Ernst Thälmann was elected to lead the federal committee. Die Rote Front ('The Red Front') was the newspaper of the RFB. The greeting of "Rot Front!" ('Red Front!') while giving a clenched fist salute gave rise to the expression Rotfront, often used among friends and foes to refer to the organization instead of its full title...

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