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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 ...
Lived under the pseudonym of Karl Neumann after the War. Then discovered in 1960 and arrested. Klaus Barbie – Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987, died after serving four years' imprisonment; Heinz Barth – Convicted in 1983 for his involvement in the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre; released in 1997; died in 2007
It's suspected that Tamschick, a right-wing sympathiser with involvement in the Freikorps, had committed the murder as Jogiches was investigating the murders of Communist Party of Germany (KPD) co-founders Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg by Guards Cavalry Division following the failed Spartacist Uprising; Jogiches was planning to release the ...
The seven men arrested at sit-ins in mid-March, 1960, had already spent the month peacefully protesting Jim Crow laws that allowed segregation in schools, businesses and other public places; bans ...
Just about four years ago, at the height of COVID, we lost photographer and activist Corky Lee. His work is the subject of a recent book, "Corky Lee's Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic ...
[citation needed] [note 2] Schmidtsdorf was arrested on February 5, 1938, with fellow troupe members Kurt Ahrendt and Karl Oefelein, all charged with founding a branch of the Hitler Youth. All three were executed three weeks later. [11] Ahrendt was also from the Karl Liebknecht School, where he was a leader of the Young Pioneers. [citation needed]
The arrest came as federal agents raided Combs' Los Angeles and Miami homes Monday in the wake of multiple recent lawsuits accusing the 54-year-old of sexual assault and sex trafficking.
On the day of the demonstration, Liebknecht speaks despite threats of arrest. He is quickly gagged and arrested, to be taken in for questioning away from the protesting crowds. Liebknecht is told he has a choice in his sentencing: He can receive a smaller charge with a minimum sentence of one day, or a larger charge of high treason with a ...