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The 1920 "Reichstag Bloodbath"...
The 1920 "Reichstag Bloodbath"...
Item # 724700
January 14, 1920
THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, Jan. 14, 1920
* The 1920 Reichstag Bloodbath
* Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police)
* Radicalism vs. Weimar Republic
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "EVERY PART OF GERMANY NOW UNDER MARTIAL LAW" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally in very nice condition.
background: The 1920 Reichstag bloodbath was a violent collision between radical labor aspirations and the fragile authority of the early Weimar Republic, occurring on January 13 during a massive demonstration against the Factory Councils Law. As nearly 100,000 protesters—incited by the Independent Social Democrats (USPD) and Communists (KPD)—surrounded the Reichstag to demand more revolutionary control over industry, the atmosphere turned electric with tension. When a segment of the crowd attempted to breach the building's entrances, the Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police) responded with lethal force, deploying machine guns and rifles directly into the dense mass of workers. The resulting carnage left 42 dead and over 100 wounded, marking the bloodiest day in German parliamentary history. This massacre didn't just end the protest; it cemented a permanent, vitriolic hatred between the moderate Social Democrats (SPD) and the radical left, effectively shattering any hope for a united socialist front and leaving the republic to govern under a state of emergency that foreshadowed its future instability.
Category: The 20th Century
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