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Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919)

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Münchner Räterepublik
1919
Flag of Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Flag
Motto: Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!
Workers of the world, unite!
Location of Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919)
CapitalMunich
Common languagesGerman
Government
• Leader
Eugen Leviné
• Established
6 April 1919
• Dissolution
3 May 1919


The Bavarian Soviet Republic was a revolutionary socialist state in the Weimar Republic that existed for less than a month in 1919.[1]

History

After the German Empire was overthrown in November of 1918, the People's State of Bavaria was established. It was led by Kurt Eisner, a democratic socialist.

On April 6, the People's State of Bavaria was overthrown and the Bavarian Soviet Republic was established.

References

  1. Eric James Hooglund (1966). The Munich Soviet Republic of April, 1919. Orono, Maine: University of Maine.