Erhard Auer
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Erhard Auer was a Bavarian politician, member of the state parliament, first Minister of the Interior of the Free State of Bavaria, and leader of the Social Democratic Party in Bavaria.
Auer in 1919
Plaque commemorating Auer in Giengen
Kurt Eisner
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Kurt Eisner was a German politician, revolutionary, journalist, and theatre critic. As a socialist journalist, he organized the socialist revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy in Bavaria
Erhard Auer
…the Bavarian State Parliament. In 1919/20 he was a member of the Constituent Weimar National Assembly. Auer was viewed as the great rival of socialist Kurt Eisner who was shot dead in Munich by a German nationalist on 21 February 1919. Auer was viewed as the best hope to fend off a Bolshevik Revolution. To Auer's…
Kurt Eisner 1919
Funeral ceremony of Kurt Eisner, Munich, 26 February 1919
Monument to Kurt Eisner on the sidewalk where he fell when he was assassinated in Munich