German communists most likely weren't aware of what was really happening in the USSR at the time. (Whether an hypothetical communist revolution in Germany would

German communists most likely weren't aware of what was really happening in the USSR at the time. (Whether an hypothetical communist revolution in Germany would have resulted in Stalinist-like horrors is an interesting question.) French communists have had a disproportionate part in French resistance, and a disproportionate part in French after-war policies for a long time.