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Bloody Mayday Berlin 1929... Communist riots..
Bloody Mayday Berlin 1929... Communist riots..
Item # 717656
May 02, 1929
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 2, 1929
* Bloody Mayday Berlin 1929 - riots
* Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
* Red Combatant's League (RFD)
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "EIGHT KILLED, 78 WOUNDED IN BERLIN MAY DAY RIOT; REDS OPEN FIRE ON POLICE" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 26 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally in good condition.
AI notes: The 1929 May Day riots in Berlin occurred when Communist demonstrators defied a government ban and clashed with police during labor protests. The violence left at least 33 dead and hundreds injured. The crackdown, ordered by the Social Democratic-led government, deepened the rift between the Social Democrats and Communists, weakening leftist unity in the face of the rising far-right.
Category: The 20th Century
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