Hugo Haase Biography

Appointed President of the Social Democratic Party

Joins the national leadership of Germany's largest socialist organization.

Is elected chairman of the Social Democratic Party.

Signs the manifesto Gebot der Stunde which openly opposes the war aims of the Government

Haase and 18 other SPD delegates vote against the Government's emergency budget

Forced to resign as party chairman of the SPD

Founded and led the Sozialdemokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft

Several SPD members in the Reichstag vote against the authorization of further credits to finance World War I, pacifists led by Hugo Haase are expelled from the SPD

Appointed leader of the Independent Social Democratic Party

Appointed Chairman of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)

Demands immediate peace negotiations

The USPD was founded at a conference in Gotha, with Hugo Haase as the party's first chairman

The USPD was founded at a conference in Gotha, with Hugo Haase as the party's first chairman

Assassinated while a member of the ruling Council of Peoples Representatives

Appointed Member of Council of Peoples Representatives

Assassinated while a member of the ruling Council of Peoples Representatives

A strike demanding an end to the war and better food provisioning is organized by revolutionaries affiliated with the USPD

In the course of the German Revolution, along with the majority Social Democrats' leader Ebert, Haase is appointed joint chairman of the provisional Government

In the course of the German Revolution, along with the majority Social Democrats' leader Ebert, Haase is appointed joint chairman of the provisional Government

In the course of the German Revolution, along with the majority Social Democrats' leader Ebert, Haase is appointed joint chairman of the provisional Government

Appointed on the Council of the People's Deputies, wants to avoid a dictatorship of the proletariat through soldiers' and workers' councils

Following the Januarstreik in January 1918, a strike demanding an end to the war and better food provisioning that was organized by revolutionaries affiliated with the USPD and officially supported by the party, the USPD quickly rose to about 120,000 members; despite harsh criticism of

of people's deputies"), which was formed on November 10, 1918 and mutually led by Friedrich Ebert and Hugo Haase following the German Revolution

the SPD for becoming part of the Government of the newly formed German republic during the Oktoberreform, the USPD reached a settlement with the SPD as the Novemberrevolution began, and even became part of the Government in the form of the Rat der Volksbeauftragten ("council

A coalition Government called "Council of Peoples Commissioners" (Rat der Volksbeauftragten) was established, consisting of three MSPD and three USPD members, led by Ebert for the MSPD and Hugo Haase for the USPD

Following the Januarstreik in January 1918, a strike demanding an end to the war and better food provisioning that was organized by revolutionaries affiliated with the USPD and officially supported by the party, the USPD quickly rose to about 120,000 members; despite harsh criticism of

of people's deputies"), which was formed on November 10, 1918 and mutually led by Friedrich Ebert and Hugo Haase following the German Revolution

the SPD for becoming part of the Government of the newly formed German republic during the Oktoberreform, the USPD reached a settlement with the SPD as the Novemberrevolution began, and even became part of the Government in the form of the Rat der Volksbeauftragten ("council

Following the Januarstreik in January 1918, a strike demanding an end to the war and better food provisioning that was organized by revolutionaries affiliated with the USPD and officially supported by the party, the USPD quickly rose to about 120,000 members; despite harsh criticism of

of people's deputies"), which was formed on November 10, 1918 and mutually led by Friedrich Ebert and Hugo Haase following the German Revolution

the SPD for becoming part of the Government of the newly formed German republic during the Oktoberreform, the USPD reached a settlement with the SPD as the Novemberrevolution began, and even became part of the Government in the form of the Rat der Volksbeauftragten ("council

After the Council led by Ebert ordered the bloody suppression of the revolutionary Volksmarinedivision, Haase and the two other USPD representatives Wilhelm Dittman and Emil Barth resign from the Government

After the Council led by Ebert ordered the bloody suppression of the revolutionary Volksmarinedivision, Haase and the two other USPD representatives Wilhelm Dittman and Emil Barth resign from the Government

After the founding of the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) Haase supports reunification of the USPD and majority SPD

After the founding of the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) Haase supports reunification of the USPD and majority SPD

The Haase-led USPD only achieve 7% of the vote for the National Assembly