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Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (German: [ˈliːpknɛçt] ⓘ; 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German politician and revolutionary socialist.A leader of the far-left wing of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Liebknecht was a co-founder of the Spartacus League and Communist Party of Germany (KPD) along with Rosa Luxemburg.
The Spartacus League (German: Spartakusbund) was a Marxist revolutionary movement organized in Germany during World War I. [1] It was founded in August 1914 as the International Group by Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, Clara Zetkin, and other members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who were dissatisfied with the party's official policies in support of the war.
The Karl-Liebknecht-Haus or Karl Liebknecht House is the headquarters of the party The Left in Germany. It is located between Alexanderplatz and Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin-Mitte . Constructed in 1912 as a factory, the building was purchased by the Communist Party of Germany ( Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands , KPD) in 1926.
Karl Liebknecht, pictured speaking to a crowd after the end of the war in 1918. A labour strike took place in Germany on 28 June 1916. This was the first industrial action of national significance in Germany during the First World War. It was held to protest the trial of anti-war socialist campaigner Karl Liebknecht.
Karl Liebknecht, after whom the settlement is named. The village of Peny (Пены) was settled four hundred years ago on the banks of the Penk River.In 1930, it was granted urban-type settlement status and named after Karl Liebknecht, a German Communist.
Karl Liebknecht is a two-part East German film series directed by Günter Reisch, about the German communist leader Karl Liebknecht (1871–1919), starring Horst Schulze in the part as Liebknecht, and Lyudmila Kasyanova as Sophie Liebknecht. The first film, from 1965, Karl Liebknecht - Solange Leben in mir ist.
The Karl Liebknecht School was founded to educate the children of German refugees in the German language, however some Russians also sent their children there. [ 1 ] The school acquired a nickname, Shkola Nashikh Mechtei ("the school of our dreams") [ 2 ] and had an orchestra, which was popular with local Muscovites. [ 1 ]
Liebknecht is the surname: Karl Liebknecht (1871–1919), German socialist Sophie Liebknecht (1884–1964), Russian-born German socialist, second wife of Karl Liebknecht