The proclamation of the republic in Germany took place in Berlin twice on 9 November 1918, the first at the Reichstag building by Philipp Scheidemann of the Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany
Philipp Scheidemann proclaims the republic from the Reichstag building on 9 November 1918.
Philipp Scheidemann
Karl Liebknecht
Berlin Palace, Portal IV. From the large window directly above the gate, Liebknecht proclaimed the socialist republic.
The Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany was the name officially used by the Social Democratic Party of Germany between April 1917 and September 1922. The name differentiated it from the Indepe
The Council of the People's Deputies in 1919 when all members were from the MSPD. Left to right: Otto Landsberg, Philipp Scheidemann, Gustav Noske, Friedrich Ebert, Rudolf Wissell
Eduard Bernstein, who began the reformist movement within the SPD, in 1895
Karl Liebknecht of the SPD, a leading anti-war figure, shown here in 1912
Friedrich Ebert, leader of the MSPD and republican Germany's first president, in 1918