Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht was a German socialist politician and revolutionary. A leader of the far-left wing of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Liebknecht was a co-founder of both
Liebknecht in the 1910s
Sophie and Karl Liebknecht with the children from his first marriage
The Volksmarinedivision was an armed unit formed on 11 November 1918 during the November Revolution that broke out in Germany following its defeat in World War I. At its peak late that month, the Peop
Sailors' uprising, November 1918. The sign reads: "Soldiers' council. Long live the socialist republic."
Council of the People's Deputies. Left to right: Emil Barth (USPD), Otto Landsberg (SPD), Friedrich Ebert, Hugo Haase (USPD), Wilhelm Dittmann (USPD), Philipp Scheidemann (SPD)
Machine gun unit of the Volksmarinedivision by the Neptune Fountain, in front of the Berlin Palace