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Weimar Republic - Spartacus uprising in Berlin 1919

In the Berlin revolutionary turmoil following the end of World War I, a communist revolutionary committee led by Karl Liebknecht had declared the government of Social Democrat Friedrich Ebert deposed on the night of January 6, 1919. A few days before the election to the National Assembly on January 19, 1919, mass demonstrations in the imperial capital then escalated into open civil war. By January 12, government troops put down the so-called "Spartacus Uprising." Numerous people died or were injured. The most prominent victims were Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, who were captured and murdered on January 15.

Karl Liebknecht

30.11.1999 - The jurist and politician Karl Liebknecht was the only Member of Parliament (SPD) in the Reichtag who voted against war loans on December 2nd in 1914. In January in 1916 he left th...
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Gustav Noske

30.11.1999 - Undatierte Aufnahme des SPD-Politikers Gustav Noske (M) bei einer Agitationsrede. Gustav Noske wurde am 9. Juli 1868 in Brandenburg geboren. Er gehörte zum rechten Flügel der SPD....
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Berlin Mitte, Straßenkämpfe, Nationaldenkmal, Säule, Spartakusaufstand 1919

31.12.1918 - Berlin Mitte, Straßenkämpfe, Nationaldenkmal, Säule, Spartakusaufstand 1919
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Karl LIEBKNECHT beim Januaraufstand 1919

05.01.1919 - 5527323 (9002126) Karl LIEBKNECHT, deutscher Politiker (Spartakusbund / KPD), spricht am 05.01.1919 während des Januaraufstands zu den Berliner Bürgern.
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German government forces stand in a Berlin street during the Spartacist rising

01.01.2000 - German government forces stand in a Berlin street during the Spartacist rising of 1919. The Spartacist uprising (German: Spartakusaufstand), was a general strike and the armed batt...
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Government troops move against Spartacist positions in Berlin

01.01.2000 - Government troops move against spartacist positions in Berlin. 1919. The Spartacist uprising (German: Spartakusaufstand), was a general strike and the armed battle in Germany from...
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Government troops move against Spartacist positions

01.01.2000 - Government troops move against spartacist positions in Berlin. 1919. The Spartacist uprising (German: Spartakusaufstand), was a general strike and the armed battle in Germany from...
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Government troops move against Spartacist positions

01.01.2000 - Government troops move against spartacist positions in Berlin. 1919. The Spartacist uprising (German: Spartakusaufstand), was a general strike and the armed battle in Germany from...
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German government forces arrest spartacists

01.01.2000 - German government forces arrest spartacists 1919. The Spartacist uprising (Spartakusaufstand), was a general strike and the armed battle in Germany from January 4 to January 15, 19...
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German government forces during the Spartacist uprising

01.01.2000 - German government forces during the uprising of 1919. The Spartacist uprising (Spartakusaufstand), was a general strike and the armed battle in Germany from January 4 to January 15...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

05.01.1919 - Armed workers occupy the newspaper district with cars and machine guns in Lindenstrasse in Berlin, Germany, during the Spartacist uprising from 5 - 12 January 1919, on 5 January 19...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

08.12.1918 - Demonstrations of the Spartacus League against an attempted conterrevolutionary coup at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, on 8 December 1918. Photo: Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/A...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - Captioning and transportation of insurgents in front of Zeughaus on Unter den Linden in Berlin, Germany, during the street fights in relation with the Spartacist uprising from 5 -...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918- 1919

01.01.1919 - Government troops use a tank to fight the insurgents during the street fights in the context of the Spartacist uprising in Berlin, Germany, form 5 - 12 January 1919. Photo: Fotoarc...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Barricades of the government troops made from newspaper bales are pictured in the newspaper district of Berlin, Germany, in early January 1919. Photo:...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Destroyed contact wires of the tram are pictured on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, during the street fights in early January 1919. Photo: Fotoarchi...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1918 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Spartacists are pictured behind a barricade in Prenzlauer Strasse (today: Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse) in Berlin, Germany, during street fights. Date unkno...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Different actors engage in firefights at Bülowplatz (today: Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz) in Berlin, Germany, during the street fights in early January 1919. P...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Barricades are pictured in front ot the Volksbühne at Bülowplatz (today: Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz) in Berlin, Germany, during the street fights in early Ja...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Armed demonstrators occupy the newspaper district in Berlin on 5 January 1919. They are pictured at Dönhoffplatz on their way to Lindenstrasse and Zimm...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Voluntary formations of government troops march past Gustav Noske in early 1919. Photo: Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/Archiv
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1918 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Arrest of a spartacist through government soldiers in Berlin in late 1918. Photo: Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/Archiv
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Government soldiers are pictured with a machine gun behind barricades made of paper bales at Rungestrasse near the Marinehaus in Berlin during the stre...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Government troops are pictured with machine guns during the street fights in early 1919 in Berlin. Photo: Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/Archiv
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

24.12.1918 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Georg Ledebour, member of the Vollzugsrates des Arbeiter- und Soldatenräte Groß-Berlin (Executive Board of the Workers' council of Greater Berlin), del...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Government troops with tanks are pictured in front of the police headquarters at Alexanderplatz in Berlin during the street fights in late 1918 / early...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Spartacists are pictured behind barricades in front of the newspaper publishing company Rudolf Mosse in the newspaper district in Berlin during the str...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Tanks are pictured in Leipziger Strasse in Berlin during the street fights in early 1919. Photo: Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/Archiv
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Barricades are pictured in front of the building of the publishing company Rudolf Mosse in Schützenstrasse in the newspaper district in Berlin during t...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Paper bales serve as barricades near the Marinehaus at Am Köllnischen Park/Märkisches Ufer in Berlin during the street fights in early 1919. Photo: Fot...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Revolutionary soldiers occupy the baracks of the Guard Corps Pioneer Battalion and supply themselves with weapons in Berlin in January 1919. Photo: Fot...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: A reproduction from the Schweizer Illustrirte Zeitung (Swiss Illustrated Newspaper) published on 18 January 1919 shows revolutionary soldiers and worke...
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Government troops are pictured in the Grosse Frankfurter Strasse (today: Karl-Marx-Allee) in Berlin during the street fights in late 1918 / early 1919....
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Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/1919: Revolutionary sailors and workers are pictured during the street fights in Berlin in January 1919. Photo: Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/Archiv
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Weimarer Republik - Spartakusaufstand Berlin 1919

13.01.2018 - Das zeitgenössische Foto zeigt die Verhaftung von Spartakisten durch regierungstreue Soldaten während der Märzkämpfe 1919 in Berlin. Die Bildunterschrift lautet: "Hände Hoch! Gefan...
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Berlin - German Revolution 1918/19

01.01.1919 - German Revolution 1918/19: Armed revolutionary workers and soldiers on Lindenstrasse during the occupation of the Berlin newspaper district in January 1919. Photo: Fotoarchiv für Z...
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Mord an Liebknecht und Luxemburg (Wiederholung) (13.01.2019)

13.01.2019 - Karte/Erklärgrafik: Die Ermordung von Rosa Luxemburg und Karl Liebknecht vor 100 Jahren, Hochformat 90 x 155 mm, Grafik: A. Brühl, Redaktion: A. Stober
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Karl Liebknecht
Karl LIEBKNECHT beim Januaraufstand 1919
Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919
Gustav Noske
German government forces stand in a Berlin street during the Spartacist rising
Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919
Berlin Mitte, Straßenkämpfe, Nationaldenkmal, Säule, Spartakusaufstand 1919
Government troops move against Spartacist positions in Berlin
Berlin - German Revolution of 1918-1919

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