The Council of the People's Deputies was the provisional government of Germany during the first part of the German Revolution, from 10 November 1918 to 13 February 1919. Formed initially by three memb
The Council of the People's Deputies after the USPD pulled out on 29 December 1918 (from left to right): Philipp Scheidemann, Otto Landsberg, Friedrich Ebert, Gustav Noske, Rudolf Wissell
Erich Ludendorff in 1918. He made the initial decision to have the democratic parties in the Empire take the blame for the lost war.
Prince Maximilian von Baden, the last chancellor of the German Empire
Hugo Haase, the USPD co-chair of the original Council of the People's Deputies
The German workers' and soldiers' councils of 1918–1919 were short-lived revolutionary bodies that carried the German revolution to cities across the German Empire during the final days of World War I
The Reich Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Councils meeting in Berlin on 16 December 1918
The soldiers' council of the battleship Prinzregent Luitpold in November 1918. The sign reads, "Soldiers' council Prinzregent Luitpold. Long live the socialist republic."
Friedrich Ebert, the SPD leader who effectively controlled the Council of the People's Deputies
The Council of the People's Deputies. From left to right: Barth, Landsberg, Ebert, Haase, Dittmann, Scheidemann