After 1933 , when the Nazi Party seized control of the government , the Conciliators joined the German Resistance , both unaffiliated groups and those still in the KPD , such as the " Berlin Opposition " aligned with Karl Volk and Georg Krausz . There was a meeting of Conciliators in Zurich in 1933 and one group published a magazine in exile , called '' Funke '' . By 1940 , many Conciliator groups had disintegrated , primarily because of repression by the Gestapo . Other prominent members , such as Eberlein and Süßkind , fell victim to the stalinist purges . Most members who survived the war rejoined the KPD and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ( SED ) and some joined the SPD
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Great Purge
Conciliator faction