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
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
People's State of Bavaria
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The People's State of Bavaria was a socialist republic in Bavaria which existed from November 1918 to April 1919. It was established during the German revolution as an attempt at a socialist state to
Kurt Eisner
…monarchy in Bavaria in November 1918, which led to him being described as "the symbol of the Bavarian revolution". Eisner subsequently proclaimed the People's State of Bavaria but was assassinated by far-right Bavarian nationalist Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley in Munich on 21 February 1919. He is used as an example of…
Soldiers in Munich after the proclamation of the republic
Postage stamp of Bavaria's King Ludwig III with the overprint Volksstaat Bayern (People's State of Bavaria)
Kurt Eisner, the Minister-President of the People's State of Bavaria
Johannes Hoffmann. He took over leadership of the People's State after Eisner was assassinated.