Germany Communist Leaders Funeral Rosa Luxembourg 1919 Real Photo Postcard
This postcard captures the solemn burial of victims of the German Revolution of 1918-1919, prominently featuring the coffins of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Liebknecht and Luxemburg were pivotal figures in the Spartacus League (Spartakusbund), a revolutionary Marxist movement that sought to establish a socialist republic in Germany after World War I. Both were brutally murdered in January 1919 following the failed Spartacist Uprising in Berlin, and their bodies were discovered and identified over time, leading to this collective funeral.
The German Revolution marked a tumultuous transition from the German Empire to the Weimar Republic. The Spartacist Uprising in January 1919 was a radical left-wing attempt to seize power, which was suppressed by government forces and the right-wing Freikorps. The assassinations of Liebknecht and Luxemburg, widely condemned, became a symbol of the brutal suppression of the revolution and deeply divided German society, contributing to the political instability that plagued the early Weimar era. The image likely dates to March 1919, when a large-scale funeral was held for many of the revolution's victims at the Friedrichsfelde Cemetery in Berlin.
The German Revolution marked a tumultuous transition from the German Empire to the Weimar Republic. The Spartacist Uprising in January 1919 was a radical left-wing attempt to seize power, which was suppressed by government forces and the right-wing Freikorps. The assassinations of Liebknecht and Luxemburg, widely condemned, became a symbol of the brutal suppression of the revolution and deeply divided German society, contributing to the political instability that plagued the early Weimar era. The image likely dates to March 1919, when a large-scale funeral was held for many of the revolution's victims at the Friedrichsfelde Cemetery in Berlin.
