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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 ...
In the ensuing street riots, police killed 33 people, all of them being civilians without affiliation to the left-wing rioters, of whom 1,300 were arrested. The first killed was 53-year-old plumber Max Gemeinhardt on 1 May, who was shot in the head on his balcony for not closing his apartment window on police orders.
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In one case in 1936, a married couple was driven to suicide and in 1937, a number of pupils were executed. [8] Two teachers, Kurt Bertram and Rudolf Senglaub, and thirteen students were arrested in the Hitler Youth Conspiracy, including Kurt Ahrendt, a leader of the Young Pioneers, [9] who was executed three weeks after his arrest. [3]
A heroin addict entering a rehab facility presents as severe a case as a would-be suicide entering a psych ward. The addiction involves genetic predisposition, corrupted brain chemistry, entrenched environmental factors and any number of potential mental-health disorders — it requires urgent medical intervention.
Why 'Blue Bloods' star Tom Selleck's ex-wife, Jacqueline Ray, is currently serving an 18-year prison sentence. What did she do?
Aug. 31—Authorities filed charges Tuesday against a Boardman, Ohio, car salesman from Sharon after police said he transferred nude photos and videos from a customer's phone to his own. John ...
Unveiled in 1926, the Monument to the Revolution was erected in front of the mass grave where the coffins of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg had been interred in 1919. Designed by architect and future Bauhaus director, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , it was a 12 m (39 ft) wide and 6 m (20 ft) high red brick monument which the National Socialists ...