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Rosa Luxemburg By: Group Berlin

Rosa Luxemburg:On March 5, 1871 Rosa Luxemburg was born in Zamosc, PolandShe was the youngest of five childrenShe stated in political dealing while she was at High school

Her family leaving Zamosc, PolandRosa was 15 years old while at SchoolSymbol of her familys ReligiousZamosc, Poland

ContinueShe had a longtime friendship and sometime lover Leo JogichesShe was married to a Gustav Lubeck in April 1898Murder by Free Corps in Berlin, Germany on January 15, 1919

Leo JogichesRosa and Gustav LubeckBerlin, Germany in 1919

Free Corps are people that kill others by the use of guns

Gender RolesInspiring Women in Germany: Emma Ihrer, Louise Otto Peters, and Dorthea Erxelben. Womens Rights in Germany: Not considered citizens in GermanyWomens Roles in Germany: To cook, take care of the children, and to go to church.Rosa Luxemburg's political roots and Feminism.Rosa Luxemburg's Speech inspiring May 12, 1912.Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Memorial.

Clara Zetkin-Rosa Luxemburg-1910Happy Birthday RosaRosa Luxemburg was a Polish political philosopher, economist, marxist, and revolutionary

Political

Polish Left-Wing "Second" Proletariat Party-"Ahead of its time" with socialist ideas - it was suppressed by the Tsar and reformed multiple times-Opposed the Polish independence movement-Crackdown by the Russian government forced Luxemburg to flee to Switzerland in 1889

Polish Social Democratic Party (SPD)-Luxemburg was major founder of the party in 1893-Heavily involved in the Russian Revolution of 1905

Polish Social Democratic Party

Continue PoliticalGerman Social Democratic Party (SPD)

-Largest Social Democratic Party at the time-Luxemburg taught at the Social Democratic Party school in Berlin from 1907-1914-Initially backed the German government at the start of WWI-Toward the end of the war, she and like-minded radicals like Karl Liebknecht formed the Spartacus League

Spartacus League (Spartakusbund)-Believed in revolution as a means to end WWI

-Radical beliefs inspired the Spartacus Uprising in January 4-15 1919, during the German Revolution

Spartacus League arm mob on the streets

Continue Political German Communist Party-Formed from the Spartacus League-Started at the time of the German Revolution, founded in late 1918-Included many radical socialists from previous socialist parties-Luxemburg wanted to limit Bolshevik influence-Major political party in Germany from 1918-1933While she was a founder of a the German Communist Party, which would evolve into a major political party in post WWI Germany, she was arrested and murdered by the paramilitary Free Corps immediately following the Spartacus Uprising.

Communist Party

Writing: She wrote the books.Reform or RevolutionThe Mass Strike, the Political Party, and the Trade UnionsThe Accumulation of CapitalThe Crisis in the German Social DemocracyThe Russian Revolution

Why is She important?

Marxists- Rosa Luxembourg is a martyr of MarxismEducation- Graduated from Zurich with a DoctorateExecuted by Weimar Republic and throw in a river

Continue why is she important?In Rosa Luxembourg the socialist idea was a dominating and powerful passion of both mind and heart. She sacrificed herself to the cause not only in her death, but daily and hourly in the work ad the struggles, she was the sword and the flame of the revolutionRosa Luxembourg's fate is inseparably linked to the development of German labor

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