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Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (/ ˈ l iː p k n ɛ x t /; [1] 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 ...
Liebknecht was taken from the hotel shortly after Luxemburg and after getting into a waiting car was knocked almost unconscious, again by Otto Runge. The car stopped in the Berlin Tiergarten, Liebknecht was forced out then shot in the back as a "fugitive". His body was handed over to a Berlin police station as the "corpse of an unknown man". [35]
Spartacist uprising – A Freikorps unit under command of Waldemar Pabst arrested Spartacus League leaders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin. After questioning, both were beaten and then executed. Luxemburg's body was thrown into the Landwehr Canal and was not discovered until June 1, while Liebknecht's body was delivered anonymously ...
The FBI has recently made public several photos from the investigation inside the Pentagon after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The images, posted to the FBI's records vault, give a new look ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919) "Luxemburg" redirects here. For the landlocked country in Western Europe, see Luxembourg. For other uses, see Luxembourg (disambiguation). Rosa Luxemburg Luxemburg, c. 1895–1905 Born Rozalia Luksenburg (1871-03-05) 5 March 1871 ...
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Investigators believe the body parts found last week and the human remains discovered Tuesday belong to the same victims. One of the victims, a 59-year-old woman, has been identified, police said.
Liebknecht is the only one of the Reichstag — including 111 SPD representatives — to vote against the war loans, resulting in a number of death threats and work bans. Despite his immunity as a Reichstag member, Liebknecht is called to serve on the front as a sapper. It is here that he writes his 1915 manifesto, "The main enemy is at home ...