The Communist Party of Germany (German: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands; KPD) was a major political party in Germany between 1918 and 1933; and a minor party in West Germany in the postwar period until it was banned in 1956. In the 1920s it was called the 'Spartacists'; since it was formed from the Spartacus League.

The poster art of the KPD differs from and in some ways predates Soviet-style Socialist Realism; exhibiting more expressionist and constructivist influences in its simplicity.