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The Free State of Prussia (German: Freistaat Preußen, pronounced [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1947. The successor to the Kingdom of Prussia after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, it continued to be the dominant state in Germany during the Weimar Republic, as it had been during the empire, even though most of ...
National Committee for a Free Germany: Also used the Flag of Germany (1867–1918) without the heading 1930–1933: Black Front: 1920–1924: Union of Upper Silesians: 1920–1945: National Socialist German Workers' Party: 1919–1946: Communist Party of Germany (obverse and reverse) 1918–1933: German National People's Party: Flag of Germany ...
The People's State of Bavaria (German: Volksstaat Bayern) [nb 1] was a republic in Bavaria from 1918 to 1919. The People's State of Bavaria was established on 8 November 1918 during the German Revolution, as an attempt at a socialist state to replace the Kingdom of Bavaria. The state was led by Kurt Eisner until his assassination in February 1919.
The roots of the republic lay in the German Empire's defeat in the First World War and the ensuing German Revolution of 1918–1919.In September 1917, the Bavarian Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), which rejected revolutionary efforts in Bavaria, had submitted a corresponding motion (Auer-Süssheim-Antrag) to the Bavarian Landtag, which contained the main demands of the Bavarian SPD ...
The national emblem of East Germany featured a hammer and a compass, surrounded by a ring of wheat. [1] It was an example of what has been called "socialist heraldry". It was the only heraldic device of a European socialist state with a ring of grain which does not contain a red star.
The Revolution of 1918/19 is one of the most important events in the modern history of Germany, yet it is poorly embedded in the historical memory of Germans. [137] The failure of the Weimar Republic that the revolution brought into being and the Nazi era that followed it obstructed the view of the events for a long time.
Logo of the National Committee for a Free Germany used the Reichsflagge. While the use of black-red-gold had been suggested in the Soviet zone in 1946, the Second People's Congress in 1948 decided to adopt the old black-white-red tricolour as a national flag for East Germany.
Flag: Flag of Germany: German National Flag [2] Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Germany: Emblem of Germany [2] National anthem: Deutschlandlied: Deutschlandlied [2] Majestic mark Iron cross [2] National tree: Oak [2] National Bird: Golden Eagle [2] German Reunification symbol Brandenburg Gate: Brandenburg Gate in Berlin [2]