Alfred Weiland
1906-1978

Short note:

Weiland was one of the central persons of the AAU/AAUE/KAU-fraction of the council comminists of the 30'ies and perhaps the most important figure in the attempts to rebuild a communist revolutionary current in Germany after the II. World War. 

In the 30'ies and under the Nazui regime Weiland was the de facto organizational leader of the KAU-groups in Germany. Weiland was especially dealing with the international relations of the KAU and had close illegal contacts to many abroad. 

After the II World War Weiland was active in Berlin rebuilding a network of the old left communists from all of the 'council communist' current. Together with former members of both the KAU and the RK he initiated a new organisation along the principles of the SVWV/RK-network of the 30'ies. Behind various public organizations of adult education and the bulletin 'Neues Beginnen' he organized the 'Group of International Socialists'. 

In 1950 he was forcefully captured by the the Russian Military Intelligence-Service from West-Berlin to the DDR to undergo interrogations and torture before an East-German secret trial and sentence to 15 years of jail. 

Weiland was not among the first to get amnesty during the thaws following 1953 and 1956. Weiland was released in 1958, but at this time history had changed so fundamentally that there was no room for rebuilding theold council communist tradition.