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    Kurt Eisner (German pronunciation: [kʊʁt ˈʔaɪsnɐ]; 14 May 1867 – 21 February 1919) was a German politician, revolutionary, journalist, and theatre critic...
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    socialist state to replace the Kingdom of Bavaria. The state was led by Kurt Eisner until his assassination in February 1919. Its government under Johannes...
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    nationalist and nobleman. He assassinated socialist Bavarian prime minister Kurt Eisner, the first premier of the People's State of Bavaria, on 21 February 1919...
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    Bavaria fled from the Residenz Palace in Munich with his family, and Kurt Eisner, a politician of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)...
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    he served as Bavarian Minister of Education under Minister-President Kurt Eisner. During his tenure as Minister of Education, he removed the Bavarian...
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    participated in mass rallies with Kurt Eisner, who appointed him the minister of finance for the People's State of Bavaria. Eisner's support for the idea of German...
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    associations. Kurt Eisner, after the January strike, imprisoned from summer until 14 October 1918. Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, the assassin of Kurt Eisner, Minister...
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  • list of winners of the Eisner Award, sorted by category. The Eisner Awards have been presented since 1988, but there were no Eisner Awards in 1990 due to...
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  • German Empire and led to the founding of the Weimar Republic. 8 November: Kurt Eisner proclaims the Free People's State of Bavaria in Munich. King Ludwig III...
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    and spread to Braunschweig, Cologne and as far south as Munich. There, Kurt Eisner of the radical Independent Social Democrats (USPD) was elected president...
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    on 8 November 1918 Socialist politician Kurt Eisner proclaimed the Free State (i.e. republic) of Bavaria. Eisner headed a new, republican government as...
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    he never used the word "abdication," the new socialist government of Kurt Eisner deemed it as such and declared Ludwig deposed. This effectively ended...
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    collapse of Imperial Germany, the Kingdom of Bavaria was abolished by Kurt Eisner on 8 November 1918, who succeeded him to the office of prime minister...
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    Sebottendorff planned but failed to kidnap Bavarian socialist prime minister Kurt Eisner in December 1918. During the Bavarian revolution of April 1919, Thulists...
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  • auf Valley (1897–1945), commonly known as Anton Arco-Valley, murdered Kurt Eisner Georg von Arco (1869–1940), early wireless pioneer Jean Baptist, Comte...
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    in Munich and the socialist People's State of Bavaria proclaimed by Kurt Eisner of the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD). The next day, the...
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  • parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. 1919 – German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian...
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    time a number of notable Germans were assassinated, including socialist Kurt Eisner, who was shot dead by a German nationalist on 21 February 1919. His rival...
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    Kurt Eisner (1867–1919), German-Jewish journalist, leader of the 1918 revolution in Bavaria Lotte H. Eisner (1896?–1983), German writer Manuel Eisner...
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  • between the charisma of a Berserker, of a shaman or of that displayed by Kurt Eisner. For Weber, sociology considers these types of charismatic domination...
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    Hugo Eberlein Kurt Eisner Hugo Haase Adolph Hoffmann Karl Kautsky Karl Korsch Georg Ledebour Paul Levi Karl Liebknecht Theodor Liebknecht Kurt Löwenstein...
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  • Forgotten Revolutionary". The Forward. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-18. "Kurt Eisner". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2023-02-18. "How a Socialist Revolution...
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    Pending resignation or the election of a successor Inaugural holder Kurt Eisner Formation 8 November 1918; 106 years ago (1918-11-08) Salary regulated...
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    with a number of assassinations occurring, including that of socialist Kurt Eisner who was shot dead in Munich by a German nationalist on 21 February 1919...
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    Although he never formally abdicated, the socialist-led government of Kurt Eisner took Ludwig's declaration as such and declared the House of Wittelsbach...
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    Liebknecht   Karl Radek Ernst Thälmann Wilhelm Pieck Richard Müller Kurt Eisner † Ernst Toller Eugen Leviné  Erich Mühsam Erich Ludendorff Walther von...
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  • Guide Fan Award for Favorite Story for 1998. Kurt Busiek was honored with 1998's Harvey and 1999's Eisner for Best Writer, in both instances for bodies...
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    Kurt Busiek (/ˈbjuːsɪk/ BYOO-sik born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer. His work includes the Marvels limited series, his own series...
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    criticism in the local press. There were altogether 27,000 visitors. Kurt Eisner, murdered on 21 February 1919, Minister-President of the short-lived...
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    (Volksgerichte) were Sondergerichte (special courts) established by Kurt Eisner during the German Revolution in November 1918 and part of the Ordnungszelle...
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