Securing the market square of Eisleben, 1921

Armed Schutzpolizei secures the market square of Eisleben, where a part of the Red prisoners are kept, surrounded by barbed wire. On 24.03. the Reich government, in agreement with the Prussian government, declared state of emergency in Saxony. The Communists had called for a general strike In Hamburg and in several places of the province of Saxony. Workers occupied shipyards, factories and railway stations. Demonstration marches were dispersed by the police. The demonstrations had turned into a regular turmoil above all in the cities of Eisleben and Hettstedt. There were street battles with the police. The number of fatalities was close to a hundred

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24.03 Agreement Barbed Communists Declared Dispersed Eisleben Fatalities Hettstedt Insurgents Insurrection Kept Marches Regular Schutzpolizei Secures Securing Shipyards Turmoil

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