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    Karl Liebknecht

    German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League

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  1. Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (German: [ˈliːpknɛçt] ⓘ; 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German socialist and anti-militarist. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) beginning in 1900, he was one of its deputies in the Reichstag from 1912 to 1916, where he represented the left-revolutionary wing of the party.

  2. Karl Liebknecht was a German Social Democrat, who, with Rosa Luxemburg and other radicals, founded the Spartakusbund (Spartacus League), a Berlin underground group that became the Communist Party of Germany, dedicated to a socialist revolution.

  3. Karl Liebknecht, (born Aug. 13, 1871, Leipzig, Ger.—died Jan. 15, 1919, Berlin), German socialist leader. Son of Wilhelm Liebknecht, he became a lawyer and a Marxist. In 1912 he entered the Reichstag and led the opposition to Germany’s pre-World War I policy.

  4. May 21, 2018 · Liebknecht, Karl (1871–1919) German communist revolutionary, son of Wilhelm Liebknecht. He vigorously opposed Germany 's participation in World War I, and was imprisoned (1916–18). With Rosa Luxemburg, Liebknecht was a leader of the communist group known as the Spartacists.

  5. Dec 6, 2023 · In this spirit, the KPD staged an uprising in Berlin in January 1919. Military units called in by the SPD suppressed the uprising and captured two of the leaders, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Liebknecht and Luxemburg were murdered while in custody on January 15, 1919.

  6. Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht [1] (* 13. August 1871 in Leipzig; † 15. Januar 1919 in Berlin) war ein prominenter Sozialist und Antimilitarist zu Zeiten des Deutschen Kaiserreiches.

  7. Karl’s father Wilhelm Liebknecht was the well-known and popular founder of the German Social-Democratic party (SPD) in 1863, a veteran of the revolution in 1848-49. He immigrated to London where he joined the League of Communists.

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