Roter Frontkämpferbund
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The Roter Frontkämpferbund, usually called the Rotfrontkämpferbund, was a far-left paramilitary organization affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar Republic. A legally regist
RFB leaders Ernst Thälmann (left) and Willy Leow (right) in Berlin, June 1927
Assembly of the Roter Frontkämpferbund in Lustgarten, May 1928
RFB membership badges of the 1924 pattern (above) and of the 1926 pattern (below)
Ernst Thälmann in RFB uniform
Weimar Republic
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The Weimar Republic was a historical period of the German state from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history. The state was offici
Sailors during the mutiny in Kiel, November 1918
Philipp Scheidemann addresses a crowd from a window of the Reich Chancellery, 9 November 1918.
Members of the 1919 Weimar government
Crowds in Berlin watching the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt march in under the imperial war ensign during the Kapp Putsch