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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.
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".
He was shaped by important political and social events of the era, such as World War I, [1] the anti-war demonstration in Berlin on 1 May 1916, when Litten was not quite 13, the German Revolution of 1918–1919, and the arrest and murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg by Freikorps soldiers in January 1919.
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.
Fourteen deputies, headed by party co-leader Hugo Haase, and including Karl Liebknecht, spoke out against the bonds but nevertheless followed party discipline and voted in favour. [11] The support was based primarily on the belief, actively fostered by the government, that Germany was fighting a defensive war. [ 12 ]
His official cause of death was a heart attack, but an independent medical examination determined that he died by head trauma causing brain damage. [57] 1933-09-29 Axen, Rolf 21 Dresden: Gau Sachsen: The underground leader of the East Saxony branch of the KPD was arrested by police and died during torture at the police station.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919) "Luxemburg" redirects here. For other uses, see Luxembourg (disambiguation). For other uses, see Rosa Luxemburg (disambiguation). Rosa Luxemburg Luxemburg, c. 1895–1905 Born Rozalia Luksenburg (1871-03-05) 5 March 1871 Zamość ...