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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 19 Government and administration 7 Legislature and state representation 4 Monarchs and royalty 1 Military command 31 Security, intelligence and policing 9 Diplomacy and international organization 3 Industry and production 1 Ideology and propaganda 3 Social movements and organizing 8 Scholarship and theory 2 Literature and arts 2 Law and justice 1

Affiliation

Most people

Any Germany state institutionsstate 41 Nazi party and regime 18 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 14 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 11 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 10 Comintern 2 Communist Party of Germany Opposition (KPO) 2

All 7 affiliations

Germany

Germany state institutionsstate 41 Nazi party and regime 18 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 11 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 14 Communist Party of Germany Opposition (KPO) 2 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 10

International organizations

Comintern 2

Position

Any Counter-revolutionary forces 29 Anarchists 1 Non-Bolshevik socialists 11 Fascists and Nazis 17 Western Marxist theorists 3 Marxism and communism 10 Liberalism and republicanism 1 Monarchy and royalism 1

Citizenship(set)

Any Germany 71 Hungary 3

Background(set)

Any Germany 71 Austria 2 Poland 2 Latvia 1 Russia 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

People of the Stalin era1929–1953 1

People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era

The Revolution and the Napoleonic era1774–1830 2

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 9 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 71 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 15 Scholars of this history1892–현재 1

Citizenship: Germany Background: Germany The revolutionary wave and the world war 1917–1945 Clear all

71 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Erich Raeder Erich Raeder A Nazi German naval commander who pursued a grand surface fleet Military command · Germany state institutions 1876–1960
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
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
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
Maximilian von Weichs Maximilian von Weichs German field marshal who commanded the Stalingrad offensive Military command · Germany state institutions 1881–1954
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
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
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
Rudolf Lüters Rudolf Lüters Wehrmacht general who directed anti-Partisan operations Military command · Germany state institutions 1883–1945
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
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
Albert Kesselring Albert Kesselring Nazi field marshal who built the Luftwaffe and directed the defence of Italy Military command · Germany state institutions 1885–1960
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
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
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
Gotthard Heinrici Gotthard Heinrici The Wehrmacht's defensive specialist on the Eastern Front Military command · Germany state institutions 1886–1971
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
Heinrich von Vietinghoff Heinrich von Vietinghoff The general who represented Germany's surrender in Italy Military command · Germany state institutions 1887–1952
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
Heinz Guderian Heinz Wilhelm Guderian A leading architect of armoured warfare and a general of Nazi Germany Military command · Germany state institutions 1888–1954
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
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
Alfred Jodl Alfred Jodl An operational architect of Nazi Germany's war Military command · Germany state institutions 1890–1946
Friedrich Paulus Friedrich Paulus A field commander undone by the collision of orders and reality Military command · Germany state institutions 1890–1957
Walter Model Walter Model Hitler's "fireman" who rushed from crisis to crisis on the Eastern Front, the Wehrmacht's most tenacious defensive commander Military command · Germany state institutions 1891–1945
Helmuth Weidling Helmuth Weidling The final Berlin commander of a collapsing Reich Military command · Germany state institutions 1891–1955
Karl Dönitz Karl Dönitz German naval commander of the U-boat fleet who briefly became head of state after Hitler's death. Military command · Germany state institutions 1891–1980

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