Liebknecht, Karl (kärl lēp`kənĕkht), 1871–1919, German socialist, leader of the Spartacus party Spartacus party or Spartacists, radical group of German Socialists, formed c.Mar., 1916, and led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg .
..... Click the link for more information. ; son of Wilhelm Liebknecht Liebknecht, Wilhelm (vĭl`hĕlm lēp`kənĕkht), 1826–1900, German socialist leader and journalist.
..... Click the link for more information. . His antimilitaristic writings caused his conviction (1907) for high treason. Released from prison, Liebknecht entered the Prussian lower house in 1908 and the Reichstag in 1912. As a member of the extreme left wing of the Social Democratic party, he refused to support the government during World War I. In 1915 he and Rosa Luxemburg Luxemburg, Rosa (rō`zä l
k`səmb
..... Click the link for more information. formed the Internationale, a revolutionary, antiwar socialist group. This group later became the Spartacus party. Imprisoned again for his antiwar activities, Liebknecht was released just before the proclamation of the German republic in Nov., 1918. With Rosa Luxemburg he opposed the moderate government formed by the Social Democrats and advocated its violent overthrow. Shortly afterward, the Spartacists were reconstituted as the German Communist party. In Jan., 1919, Liebknecht led an uprising against the government. After its failure he was arrested and killed while being taken to prison.
(born Aug. 13, 1871, Leipzig, Ger.—died Jan. 15, 1919, Berlin) German socialist leader. Son of Wilhelm Liebknecht, he became a lawyer and a Marxist. In 1912 he entered the Reichstag and led the opposition to Germany's pre-World War I policy. In 1916 he was expelled from the Social Democratic Party for opposing its leadership and came into close alliance with Rosa Luxemburg, with whom he founded the Spartacists. He was imprisoned (1916–18) for advocating the overthrow of the government. In 1918 he played a leading role in forming the German Communist Party. A series of bloody clashes culminated in the January 1919 putsch in which Liebknecht resorted to force; he was shot on the pretext that he was attempting to escape arrest.
..... Click the link for more information. ; son of Wilhelm Liebknecht Liebknecht, Wilhelm (vĭl`hĕlm lēp`kənĕkht), 1826–1900, German socialist leader and journalist.
..... Click the link for more information. . His antimilitaristic writings caused his conviction (1907) for high treason. Released from prison, Liebknecht entered the Prussian lower house in 1908 and the Reichstag in 1912. As a member of the extreme left wing of the Social Democratic party, he refused to support the government during World War I. In 1915 he and Rosa Luxemburg Luxemburg, Rosa (rō`zä l
k`səmb..... Click the link for more information. formed the Internationale, a revolutionary, antiwar socialist group. This group later became the Spartacus party. Imprisoned again for his antiwar activities, Liebknecht was released just before the proclamation of the German republic in Nov., 1918. With Rosa Luxemburg he opposed the moderate government formed by the Social Democrats and advocated its violent overthrow. Shortly afterward, the Spartacists were reconstituted as the German Communist party. In Jan., 1919, Liebknecht led an uprising against the government. After its failure he was arrested and killed while being taken to prison.
Bibliography
See K. W. Meyer, Karl Liebknecht (1957).
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Karl Liebknecht, 1913
(credit: Interfoto-Friedrich Rauch, Munich)
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