Branch: Government
Born: 14 May 1867 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia.
Died: 21 February 1919 in Munich, Free State of Bavaria.
Appointment's:
Minister President of Bavaria 1918 to 1919
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Other: Personnel
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Kurt Eisner was born on 14 May 1867 in Berlin, Kingdom of
Prussia and he was of Galician Jewish origin. Joining the
Socialists, he became associate editor of their organ Vorwärts.
When the Great War broke out. He joined his party in supporting
it, but before the end he was one of the South German leaders
who opposed the Kaiser.
In January 1918 he was prosecuted at Munich for inciting munition
workers to strike, but was released on the ground that he
was a candidate for the Reichstag. On the outbreak of the
revolution he himself took the position of prime minister
and minister of foreign affairs, and later that first president
of the Bavarian republic.
He sought to separate Bavaria, from the other German states,
and to make separate peace arrangements with the allies, but
without success. He made himself extremely unpopular, on account
of his revelations as to the origin of the war, and because
at an international socialist conference at Berne, he had
urged the German delegates to make a clean breast of Germany's
war guilt.
He was assassinated on 21 February 1919 in Munich, Free State
of Bavaria, Count Arco whilst on his way to open a conference.
His collected Writings, two volumes appeared in 1920.
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