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Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)

Germany · Politics / Social Democratic Party of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1916–1919Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1916

Hugo Haase24 March 1916

Politics / Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)

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

1917

Hugo Haase6 April 1917

Gotha · Politics / Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)

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

1918

Hugo Haase10 November 1918

Politics / Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (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

Hugo Haase10 November 1918

Politics / Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)

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

Hugo Haase10 November 1918

Politics / Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)

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

1919

Hugo Haase1919

Politics / Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)

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

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Hugo Haase

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