Funeral of Kurt Eisner, 1919
Funeral of the USPD politician and Bavarian Minister President Kurt Eisner at the Munich East Cemetery. This photograph shows the mourners in front of the morgue. On 21.02.1919 Eisner was assassinated by the student Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley from the environment of the Thule Society. Eisner was the leader of the November Revolution in Munich and proclaimed the Bavarian Republic a free state. The Versammlung der Arbeiter- und Soldatenraete (Assembly of Workers and Soldiers Council) elected him as Bavarian Prime Minister
Picture No
13317647
Media ID
48343779
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4963px x 3491px
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Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - SZ Photo
Date
1919
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