Karl Liebknecht : Prominent German Socialist, Anti-militarist, Deputy of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Beginning in 1900, Represented the Left-revolutionary Wing of the Party

August 13, 1871 — January 15, 1919

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A prominent German socialist and anti-militarist. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) beginning in 1900, he was one of its deputies in the Reichstag from 1912 to 1916, where he represented the left-revolutionary wing of the party. In 1916 he was expelled from the SPD's parliamentary group for his opposition to the political truce between all parties in the Reichstag while the war lasted.

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August 13, 1871

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January 15, 1919

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