The Karl-Liebknecht-Haus in Berlin on the 1st of May, 1929
The Karl-Liebknechthaus on 1 May, the beginning of the so-called Blutmai ('Bloody May'), which lasted from 1 to 3 May, 1929. The house served as the party headquarters of the KPD and the editorial office of the Red Flag. Since 1928, open-air political meetings were forbidden, but the KPD called for strikes and demonstrations. In the wake of the May riots, a total of 20 people were killed and 200 injured by the police
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48304774
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(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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Date
1929
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