In memoriam
Today, 90 years ago was murdered by the Bavarian Minister-President Kurt Eisner on the day the constitution of the Bavarian state parliament by a right-wing assassins.
Kurt Eisner (born 14 May 1867 in Berlin, † 21 February 1919 in Munich, killed) was a German socialist politician (first as a member of the SPD, then from 1917, the Independent Social Democrats). During the Wilhelmine era of the German Empire, he had made as a critical journalist and writer monarchy a name. Historical Importance of leader who became known for the November 1918 revolution in Bavaria. Eisner was after the First World War, the first Prime Minister of the banner of his "free state", the Bavarian Republic. After the Independent Social Democrats in the Bavarian state elections had a landslide defeat suffered, Eisner found himself subjected to calls for his resignation, which he opposed, however, until the first meeting of the new state parliament. On the day the constitution of the parliament Eisner was assassinated by a right-wing assassins. A few weeks later, the revolution resulted in the short-lived Munich Soviet Republic
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