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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background(set)
Era(set)
People of the Soviet Union
People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era
People of the wider world
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Paul von Hindenburg Paul von Hindenburg
German field marshal in World War I and president of the Weimar Republic
Military command · Germany state institutions
1847–1934
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Hermann von Eichhorn Hermann von Eichhorn
German field marshal who governed occupied Ukraine in 1918 and was assassinated in Kiev by a Left SR
Military command · Germany state institutions
1848–1918
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Wilhelm II Wilhelm II.
Last German Emperor, who backed Austria-Hungary in the July Crisis and abdicated and fled in 1918
Monarchs and royalty · Germany state institutions
1859–1941
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Carl Legien Carl Legien
German trade-union leader who signed the 1918 agreement with Stinnes and met the Kapp Putsch of 1920 with a general strike
Social movements and organizing · Independent activity
1861–1920
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Hugo Haase Hugo Haase
Lawyer who founded the USPD against the war and co-chaired the Council of People’s Deputies with Ebert in 1918
Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
1863–1919
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Robert Emil Eichhorn Robert Emil Eichhorn
German Social Democratic and Independent Social Democratic politician who headed Berlin police in 1918
Security, intelligence and policing · Germany state institutions
1863–1925
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Erich Ludendorff Erich Ludendorff
General who directed Germany’s war with Hindenburg and later joined Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch
Military command · Germany state institutions
1865–1937
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Philipp Scheidemann Philipp Scheidemann
SPD politician who proclaimed the republic from a Reichstag window on 9 November 1918 and became Weimar’s first head of government
Government and administration · Germany state institutions
1865–1939
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Rüdiger von der Goltz Rüdiger von der Goltz
Freikorps commander who tried to keep Germany's eastern influence in Finland and the Baltic
Military command · Germany state institutions
1865–1946
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Ernst Friedrich Däumig Ernst Friedrich Däumig
German socialist and a leading figure in the workers’ council movement.
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1866–1922
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Kurt Eisner Kurt Eisner
Journalist who overthrew the Bavarian monarchy in Munich in November 1918, proclaimed the People’s State and was assassinated the next year
Social movements and organizing · Germany state institutions
1867–1919
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Max von Baden Max von Baden
Last chancellor of the German Empire, who sought the armistice, announced the emperor’s abdication and handed power to Ebert
Government and administration · Germany state institutions
1867–1929
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Wilhelm Groener Wilhelm Groener
General who struck the 1918 secret pact with Ebert that preserved the officer corps and later served Weimar as defence and interior minister
Military command · Germany state institutions
1867–1939
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Gustav Noske Gustav Noske
SPD defence minister who said “someone has to be the bloodhound” and used the Freikorps to crush the left risings of 1919
Military command · Germany state institutions
1868–1946
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Max Hoffmann Max Hoffmann
German Eastern Front chief of staff who placed his soldier's boot on the Brest-Litovsk negotiating table
Military command · Germany state institutions
1869–1927
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Gustav Landauer Gustav Landauer
German anarchist thinker who served in Bavaria’s revolutionary government and was killed by counterrevolutionary troops in 1919.
Social movements and organizing
1870–1919
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Gustav Bauer Gustav Bauer
Social Democratic chancellor whose government accepted the Treaty of Versailles under an Allied ultimatum
Political and party leadership · Germany state institutions
1870–1944
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Karl Liebknecht Karl Liebknecht
The lone vote against the war; the revolution's first martyr
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1871–1919
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Friedrich Ebert Friedrich Ebert
SPD leader who headed the revolutionary government of 1918, steered the councils into parliamentary democracy and became the first president
Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
1871–1925
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Arthur Crispien Arthur Crispien
German social-democratic politician and co-chair of the Independent Social Democratic Party.
Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
1875–1946
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Hermann Müller Hermann Müller
A Social Democratic politician of the Weimar Republic who served twice as chancellor.
Government and administration · Germany state institutions
1876–1931
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Wilhelm Cuno Wilhelm Cuno
Non-party chancellor who answered the Ruhr occupation with passive resistance and fell amid hyperinflation
Political and party leadership · Germany state institutions
1876–1933
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Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb
Wehrmacht field marshal who directed the encirclement of Leningrad
Military command · Germany state institutions
1876–1956
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Erich Raeder Erich Raeder
A Nazi German naval commander who pursued a grand surface fleet
Military command · Germany state institutions
1876–1960
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Gustav Stresemann Gustav Stresemann
Weimar chancellor who ended passive resistance in 1923 and, as foreign minister, concluded the Locarno treaties
Diplomacy and international organization · Germany state institutions
1878–1929
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Richard Müller Richard Müller
Lathe operator who led Berlin’s Revolutionary Stewards, chaired the council Executive in 1918 and later wrote the revolution’s history
Social movements and organizing
1880–1943
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Waldemar Pabst Waldemar Pabst
Freikorps officer who ordered the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in January 1919 and joined the Kapp Putsch
Military command · Germany state institutions
1880–1970
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Henrik Werth Werth Henrik
Chief of the Hungarian General Staff who was the strongest advocate of alliance with Germany and of war on the Soviet Union
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1881–1952
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Maximilian von Weichs Maximilian von Weichs
German field marshal who commanded the Stalingrad offensive
Military command · Germany state institutions
1881–1954
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Heinrich Brandler Heinrich Brandler
KPD chairman who called off a revolution; co-founder of the International Right Opposition
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1881–1967
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Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Keitel
German general who headed the Wehrmacht High Command and was complicit in Nazi war crimes.
Military command · Germany state institutions
1882–1946
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Paul Levi Paul Levi
From Rosa Luxemburg's lawyer to KPD leader, his 'anti-putschism' took on Comintern adventurism
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1883–1930
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Rudolf Lüters Rudolf Lüters
Wehrmacht general who directed anti-Partisan operations
Military command · Germany state institutions
1883–1945
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August Thalheimer August Thalheimer
Main theorist of the KPD and Bonapartist analyst of fascism
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany Opposition (KPO)
1884–1948
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Franz Halder Franz Halder
Chief of the German Army General Staff who planned Barbarossa and later forged the myth of the "clean Wehrmacht"
Military command · Germany state institutions
1884–1972
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Albert Kesselring Albert Kesselring
Nazi field marshal who built the Luftwaffe and directed the defence of Italy
Military command · Germany state institutions
1885–1960
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Hermann Hoth Hermann Hoth
A German general whose armoured successes were inseparable from crimes on the Eastern Front
Military command · Germany state institutions
1885–1971
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Ernst Thälmann Ernst Thälmann
Hitler's personal prisoner, unbroken by eleven years in solitary
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1886–1944
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Karl Korsch Karl Korsch
Co-founder of Western Marxism, the German philosopher who challenged Marxist orthodoxy with Marxism and Philosophy
Scholarship and theory · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1886–1961
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Gotthard Heinrici Gotthard Heinrici
The Wehrmacht's defensive specialist on the Eastern Front
Military command · Germany state institutions
1886–1971
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Hugo Eberlein Hugo Eberlein
German Communist who abstained on the Comintern’s founding at its first congress and was later shot in the Great Purge
Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1887–1941
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Ferenc Szombathelyi Szombathelyi Ferenc
Chief of the General Staff who ordered the Bačka intervention behind the Novi Sad massacre and later sought contact with the West
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1887–1946
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Heinrich von Vietinghoff Heinrich von Vietinghoff
The general who represented Germany's surrender in Italy
Military command · Germany state institutions
1887–1952
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Erich von Manstein Erich von Manstein
Nazi Germany's finest operational strategist and the apex of the 'clean Wehrmacht' myth
Military command · Nazi party and regime
1887–1973
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Heinz Guderian Heinz Wilhelm Guderian
A leading architect of armoured warfare and a general of Nazi Germany
Military command · Germany state institutions
1888–1954
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Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch
Commander of the Waffen-SS IX Mountain Corps who led the German forces in the siege of Budapest and refused to surrender
Military command · Nazi party and regime
1888–1971
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Willi Münzenberg Willi Münzenberg
The 'Red Millionaire' who exposed Nazi terror through publishing, the Comintern's greatest propagandist, who broke with Stalin
Ideology and propaganda · Comintern
1889–1940
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Alfred Jodl Alfred Jodl
An operational architect of Nazi Germany's war
Military command · Germany state institutions
1890–1946
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Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner Feketehalmy-Czeydner Ferenc
Hungarian general who directed the Novi Sad massacre, fled to Germany after his conviction and joined the SS
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1890–1946
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Friedrich Paulus Friedrich Paulus
A field commander undone by the collision of orders and reality
Military command · Germany state institutions
1890–1957