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11.   Matthias Erzberger (Middle) and Two Members of the German Armistice Commission in Belgium (November 1918)
In November 1918, Max von Baden's cabinet appointed Matthias Erzberger (1875-1921) – then an undersecretary....
Matthias Erzberger (Middle) and Two Members of the German Armistice Commission in Belgium (November 1918)
12.   German Troops Returning from the Western Front across the Belgian-Dutch Border (November 1918)
After the armistice was signed, German troops had to vacate the territories they held in France,....
German Troops Returning from the Western Front across the Belgian-Dutch Border  (November 1918)
13.   Returning German Troops Cross the Rhine at Cologne (November 1918)
This photograph shows returning troops from the Western Front crossing the Rhine bridge at Cologne-Deutz.....
Returning German Troops Cross the Rhine at Cologne (November 1918)
14.   Members of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Council Receiving Provisions in the Reichstag Building (November 1918)
The workers’ and soldiers’ councils that formed in almost every German city during the November Revolution assumed the authority of local government, also in Berlin. The provisional councils’....
Members of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Council Receiving Provisions in the Reichstag Building (November 1918)
15.   Members of the People's Naval Division on the Balcony of the City Palace (December 1918)
The People’s Naval Division was a paramilitary security force, initially under the control of the Berlin chief of police, to guarantee the public peace and protect the new government. This....
Members of the People's Naval Division on the Balcony of the City Palace (December 1918)
16.   View into the Courtyard of the City Palace after the So-Called Christmas Rebellion (December 1918)
In December 1918, the confrontation between the People’s Naval Division and the Committee....
View into the Courtyard of the City Palace after the So-Called Christmas Rebellion (December 1918)
17.   The Second Council of People’s Deputies (December 29, 1918)
After USPD members Hugo Haase, Wilhelm Dittmann, and Emil Barth resigned from the Council of People’s Deputies on December 28 in protest over the Christmas....
The Second Council of People’s Deputies (December 29, 1918)
18.   Rosa Luxemburg, Co-founder of the Spartacus League (c. 1918)
Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), revolutionary and political theorist, had already led an eventful life before the November Revolution. Born in Congress Poland, she came to Berlin in 1898 with the....
Rosa Luxemburg, Co-founder of the Spartacus League (c. 1918)
19.   Max Pechstein, To All Artists! [An alle Künstler] (January 1919)
The expressionist artist Max Pechstein was regarded as a leading Social Democratic artist in the Weimar Republic. He designed the cover of this pamphlet — titled "To all Artists!"....
Max Pechstein, <i>To All Artists!</i> [<i>An alle Künstler</i>] (January 1919)
20.   The Occupation of the Newspaper Quarter (January 5, 1919)
When the Prussian government fired the the Berlin Chief of Police Emil Eichhorn (USPD), accusing him of having supported the People’s....
The Occupation of the Newspaper Quarter (January 5, 1919)
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