Tag: Socialist

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15th January 1919: Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg killed by Freikorps

15th January 2021
Tagged as: Assassination, Communism, Ebert, Freikorps, Germany, Socialist, SPD

On the 15^th January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were killed by members of the Freikorps.

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14th May 1955: The establishment of the Warsaw Pact

14th May 2020
Tagged as: Cold War, Comecon, Communism, NATO, Poland, Socialist, USSR, Warsaw, Warsaw Pact, West Germany

The USSR and seven other European countries signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance better known as the Warsaw Pact.

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10th June 1924: Italian politician Matteotti kidnapped and murdered by Fascists

10th June 2019
Tagged as: Crime, Fascism, Italy, Kidnap, Murder, Mussolini, Socialist

Giacomo Matteotti, an Italian socialist politician, was kidnapped and then murdered by members of the Fascist party.