 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - KdA yakaita kuoneka kwayo kwekutanga paruzhinji pakuratidzira kwegore negore kweMay Day musi waMay 1, 1954, uye yaionekwa paruzhinji panguva yeHungarian Revolution ya1956kana pakamuka kumukira kwakafanana muGDR. Chikoro chepakati chevatungamiriri veKdA chakagadzwa muSchmerwitz muna 1957, uye sangano rakagamuchira zita raro repamutemo Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse muna 1959. Kushandiswa kukuru kweKdA kwakaitika panguva yekuvakwa kweRusvingo rweBerlin kubva musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu 1961, nevanhu vanodarika zviuru zvisere vangangoita makumi maviri muzana ezvose mauto emauto vakaunganidzwa kuti vatore chikamu mukuedza. Zvikamu zveKdA zvakanyatsodzidziswa uye zvaivimbika mune zvematongerwo enyika nenhengo dzakabva kuSaxony, Thuringia, neEast Berlin dzakabatanidzwa mukuvakwa nekuchengetedzwa kweRusvingo rweBerlin muzhizha nematsutso a1961. Mukati memavhiki matanhatu ekutumirwa kweKdA kumuganhu weEast Berlin-West Berlin, nhengo sere chete ndidzo dzakapandukira kuMadokero, zvichiratidza mamiriro akakwirira etsika nekutenda muSED. Pakazosvika 1966 na1967, huwandu hwese hweKdA hwaive 181,500 varwi Kämpfer iyo yakakamurwa pakati pe masimba ekuchengetedza zvinhu uye zvekuchengetedza mashandiro. Zvikamu zvine matunhu akapoteredza West Berlin neWest Germany zvakagamuchira midziyo iri nani uye zvaive zvakananga pasi pekutungamira kwedunhu rekudzivirira nharaunda. 