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SZ Photo - Soviet Republic in Bavaria

Revolution, proclamation of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and its suppression. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

Bavarian Cabinet in Bamberg, 1919

01.05.1919 - Photo of the last meeting of the Bavarian Cabinet held in Bamberg during the Bavarian Soviet Republic, before it's return to Munich after the overthrow. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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The 'Volunteer Corps of Werdenfels' after the entry into Munich, 1919

01.05.1919 - The Volunteer Corps of Werdenfels, a volunteer unit of farmers and citizens from the area around Garmisch during a parade in Maximilianstrasse. In order to play down the high perce...
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Transporting captured Bavarian Soviet Republic supporters in Munich, 1919

01.05.1919 - Armed citizens lead captured Bavarian Soviet Republic supporters away, during the recapture of Munich in the beginning of May . [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Armoured car at march on Munich, 1919

01.05.1919 - During the struggles in Munich in the beginning of May this armoured car with a skull and crossbones painted on it was used by the Volunteer Corps troops. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Government troops on the Isar river bank after the overthrow of the Munich Soviet Republic, 1919

01.05.1919 - White troops with a gun at the Isar river bank close to the bath Muellersches Volksbad after the struggles in Munich. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Worker shortly before he is shot, 1919

03.05.1919 - The iron turner Johann Lehner caught by government soldiers is photographed shortly before his murder by Volunteer Corps officer Hermann Pfeiffer. Lehner had been confused with Fri...
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Entry of government troops in Munich, 1919

01.05.1919 - At the beginning of May government troops entered Munich, including the music corps of the Cavalry. They were involved in the overthrow of the Bavarian Soviet Republic [XPAEXPORTID...
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Armored train before the entry into Munich during the overthrow of the Bavarian Soviet Republic

01.04.1919 - An armored train made from altered freight cars assists the government troops advancing from the north towards Munich as they battle near Dachau. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Site of the "Hostages" Murder" at the Luitpold School in Munich, 1919

01.05.1919 - Hostages held at Luitpold School were executed at the end of April in reprisal for the shootings of several Red Army prisoners. Seven of the executed were members of the anti-Semit...
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Red Army members with a machine gun in Munich, 1919

01.04.1919 - Members of the Red Army group around a machine gun for a photograph during the Bavarian Soviet Republic. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Demonstration of women in Munich, 1919

22.04.1919 - Female postal workers in Munich move through Ludwigstrasse within the framework of a demonstration by supporters of the Bavarian Soviet Republic on the afternoon of April 22. [XPAE...
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Order to destroy criminal files during the Bavarian Soviet Republic, 1919

01.04.1919 - Order by the Munich Town Major Rudolf Egelhofer to destroy the criminal files of the members of the Bavarian Soviet Republic which existed in the courthouse in the district of Au....
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Rudolf Egelhofer

01.01.1914 - Rudolf Egelhofer (1896-1919), was Commander of the Red Army and Town Major of Munich during the second Bavarian Soviet Republic. After the overthrow of the Bavarian Soviet Republic...
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Red Army members with a mortar dispenser in Munich, 1919

01.04.1919 - Red Army members near the Stachus (Karls Square) with a mortar dispenser on which they have loaded hand grenades and a munitions box. In the background is the Karls Square theater....
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Protest gathering on the Theresienwiese (Theresien Meadow) in Munich, 1919

01.04.1919 - On the Theresienwiese (Theresien Meadow) in Munich, demonstrators demand the release of the perpetrator who attempted to assassinate Erhard Auer. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Armed supporters of the Bavarian Soviet Republic in Munich, 1918

01.11.1918 - In the first weeks of the revolution the Council of Workers and Soldiers deployed troops to protect against plundering and riots. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Parliament building in Prannerstrasse in Munich, 1918

01.11.1918 - Republican soldiers in front of the Parliament building in Prannerstrasse, in which the Council of Workers and Soldiers met during the Bavarian Soviet Republic. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Announcement of the Council of Workers and Soldiers in Munich, 1918

07.11.1918 - The beginning of the revolution in Munich started on November 7 with the establishment of the Council of Workers and Soldiers. The poster calls for confidence from the workers. [XP...
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Peace Rally on the Theresienwiese (Theresien Meadow) in Munich, 1918

07.11.1918 - Rally on the Theresienwiese (Theresien Meadow) after an appeal by the German Socialist Party, the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany and the unions. The gathered people...
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Deployment of the 'Red Army', 1919

01.04.1919 - Rudolf Egelhofer, Commander of the 'Red Army' during the Soviet Republic in April 1919 runs in his Mercedes, accompanied by his bodyguard, through the Siegestor on the Ludwig stree...
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Bavaria: Republic of Councils 1919

13.04.1919 - Last fights of the 'Red Guard' against the storm troops of the Government Hoffmann on 13 April 1919 in the main train station in Munich. The battle ended in victory for the 'Red Gu...
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Erhard Auer, 1918

01.01.1918 - Erhard Auer, German social democratic politician. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Erhard Auer, 1918

01.01.1918 - Erhard Auer, German social democratic politician. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Government troops lead followers of the Bavarian Soviet Republic away, 1919

01.05.1919 - After the overthrow of the Bavarian Soviet Republic by the troops of the Reich Armed Forces and the Volunteer Corps, captured members of the 'Red Army' of Munich are led away. [XPA...
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Erich Muehsam

01.01.1910 - Erich Muehsam (1878-1934), German novelist. He was advisor on Hungary and Russia in the first Bavarian Soviet Republic. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Checkpoints of the Freikorps soldiers at a bridge over the Isar

01.05.1919 - After the defeat of the Soviet movement in Munich members of the Freikorps control the traffic at one of the Isar bridges. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Ernst Toller's hiding place, 1919

01.01.1919 - The hiding place of Ernst Toller, the chairman of the Bavarian Workers and Soldiers Council, in an atelier in Schwabing after the fall of the Soviet Republic in Munich. The hidden...
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Bavarian Cabinet in Bamberg, 1919
Armoured car at march on Munich, 1919
Entry of government troops in Munich, 1919
The 'Volunteer Corps of Werdenfels' after the entry into Munich, 1919
Government troops on the Isar river bank after the overthrow of the Munich Soviet Republic, 1919
Armored train before the entry into Munich during the overthrow of the Bavarian Soviet Republic
Transporting captured Bavarian Soviet Republic supporters in Munich, 1919
Worker shortly before he is shot, 1919
Site of the "Hostages" Murder" at the Luitpold School in Munich, 1919

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