Berlin German Freikorps Soldier Medic Revolution 1919 Real Photo Postcard

The Straßenkämpfe Berlin 1919 refers to the violent street battles that engulfed Berlin in the immediate aftermath of World War I, particularly the Spartacist Uprising of January 1919. This revolutionary period saw intense clashes between the Communist Spartacus League, led by figures such as Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, and the Freikorps, right-wing paramilitary units sanctioned by the provisional government to suppress the communist revolution.