"German party is one of the best" versus "One should not trust Germans in communist clothing": perception of the Communist Party of Germany and its leaders during the years of the Weimar Republic by Soviet party leaders, journalists and diplomats
The article analyses the views of Soviet contemporaries (politicians, diplomats, journalists, writers etc.) on the Communist Party of Germany and its leaders during the years of the Weimar Republic. The influence of ideological stereotypes and statements of Bolshevism leaders on the formation of views on the Communist Party of Germany is shown. One cannot but notice the prevalence of favourable opinions which often fail to reflect the real situation. The fact that objective information about the German Communist Party was ignored by the Bolshevic political and party elite is emphasized. The conclusion is made that a well-established inadequate image of the German Communist Party power was harmful for the domestic and foreign policy of Soviet Russia/the USSR.