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Rosa Luxemburg: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Junius • Bloody Rosa
Born March 5, 1871 • Zamość • Poland
Died January 15, 1919 (aged 47) • Berlin • Germany
Founder Spartacus League
Political Affiliation Communist Party of Germany • Polish Social Democratic Party

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Karl Liebknecht
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Eduard Bernstein
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Wilhelm Liebknecht
Wilhelm Liebknecht
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Karl Kautsky
German Marxist and politician
Mehring, Franz
Franz Mehring
German historian and journalist
Clara Zetkin
Clara Zetkin
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Otto Bauer
Austrian political leader
Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Lassalle
German political leader
Bebel, August
August Bebel
German socialist
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Moses Hess
German author and Zionist
Ignacy Daszyński,
Ignacy Daszyński
Polish statesman
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Friedrich Albert Lange
German philosopher
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Eduard Heinrich David
German politician
Braun, Lily
Lily Braun
German writer
Honecker, Erich
Erich Honecker
German politician
Walter Ulbricht, 1966.
Walter Ulbricht
German communist leader
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Klaus Fuchs
German physicist and spy
Thälmann, Ernst
Ernst Thälmann
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Becher, Johannes Robert
Johannes Robert Becher
German writer and government official
Richard Sorge.
Richard Sorge
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