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Political and party leadership Non-Bolshevik socialists Background: Germany Clear all

15 people

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Wilhelm Liebknecht Wilhelm Liebknecht Co-founder of the Eisenach party and drafter of the Gotha Programme Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1826–1900
August Bebel August Bebel Co-founder of the SPD who led the German workers' movement for over 40 years, the 'shadow emperor' of the working class Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1840–1913
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
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
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
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
Ernst Reuter Ernst Reuter The social democrat who became the voice of divided Berlin Government and administration · Germany state institutions 1889–1953
Friedrich Ebert Jr. Friedrich Ebert junior A social democrat who moved from municipal politics into state power amid Germany's division Political and party leadership · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1894–1979
Kurt Schumacher Kurt Schumacher SPD leader who survived ten years in Nazi camps and, after the war, refused the merger with the Communists Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1895–1952
Erich Gniffke Erich Gniffke SPD organiser in the Soviet zone who signed the merger with the KPD, then left the SED in 1948 and fled west Social movements and organizing · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1895–1964
Erich Ollenhauer Erich Ollenhauer Exiled SPD functionary who succeeded Schumacher as SPD leader and leader of the West German opposition Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1901–1963
Willy None Brandt Willy Brandt A social democrat who made reconciliation a politics of divided cities Government and administration · Germany state institutions 1913–1992