The Iron Front chiefly opposed the Sturmabteilung (SA) wing of the Nazi Party and the Antifaschistische Aktion wing of the Communist Party of Germany.[1] Formally independent, it was intimately associated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The Three Arrows, originally designed for the Iron Front, became a well-known social democratic symbol representing resistance against monarchism, Nazism, and communism during the parliamentary elections in November 1932. The Three Arrows were later adopted by the SPD itself.[2]
The Iron Front was formed on 16 December 1931 in the Weimar Republic by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), along with the Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (ADGB), the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, and workers’ sport clubs.[3] The Iron Front chiefly opposed the paramilitary organisations of both the fascist National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), i.e. the Nazi Party, and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).
The Iron Front was regarded as an anti-communist and “social fascist terror organisation” by the KPD, who regarded the SPD as their main adversary.[5] In response to the formation of the Iron Front, the KPD founded its own activist wing, Antifaschistische Aktion (Antifa), which opposed the social democrat SPD and the fascist NSDAP.[6]
On January 30, 1933, the day Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the KPD asked the Iron Front, the SPD, the general trade union association ADGB and their organisations, and the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold to declare a general strike against Hitler. The Iron Front declined, issued a call on February 2 to “all comrades of the Reichsbanner and the Iron Front”, warning against participating in “wild actions organised by irresponsible people”, and exhorted members to “turn all Iron Front events into powerful rallies for freedom”.
Later the SPD is involved in their arrest. What’s “illogical” or not factual here?
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were murdered in 1919. The Iron Front was founded in 1931. Claiming that all Iron Front members in 1931 and 1932 supported those 1919 murders is nonsensical.
The claim is a straw man fallacy, a fabrication to paint people who actively oppose their version of totalitarianism in a bad light.
I get the point. You could also generally argue that all of these would become nazi soldiers sooner or later, but thats still a big generalization that isnt very fair to history.
Ah yes, being against an ideology means you are okay with anything anybody has ever done in the name of being against that ideology.
Im anti-capitalist. Does that mean im “on board” with Mao Zedong’s atrocities?
They didn’t state any of that, though. They were simply adding detail.
They very clearly, with no logical basis whatsoever, insulted every single person in the image
How have they insulted them? What is inaccurate?
Later the SPD is involved in their arrest. What’s “illogical” or not factual here?
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were murdered in 1919. The Iron Front was founded in 1931. Claiming that all Iron Front members in 1931 and 1932 supported those 1919 murders is nonsensical.
The claim is a straw man fallacy, a fabrication to paint people who actively oppose their version of totalitarianism in a bad light.
I see your point and appreciate the explanation
Please read up on the iron front, SPD and the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht.
I get the point. You could also generally argue that all of these would become nazi soldiers sooner or later, but thats still a big generalization that isnt very fair to history.