Dr. Karl Liebknecht

Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (German: ˈliːpknɛçt; 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German socialist politician and theorist, originally in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and later a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany which split away from the SPD. He is best known for his opposition to World War I in the Reichstag and his role in the Spartacist uprising of 1919. The uprising was crushed by the SPD government and the Freikorps (paramilitary units formed of World War I veterans). Liebknecht and Luxemburg were murdered.

Rosa Luxemburg was a radical, a rabble-rouser and a revolutionary. She was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century and her calls for freedom, socialism and democracy scandalised people at the time both from the left and the right.

We sent Eleanor Penny to Berlin on the 100th anniversary of her death to find out more about Red Rosa's life and legacy.

This documentary was produced in conjunction with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. https://www.rosalux.de/en/

Who Was Rosa Luxemburg? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUBWmpga2FQ&ab_channel=NovaraMedia German subtitles are available.

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