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The Spartacus League (German: Spartakusbund) was a Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during World War I. The League was named after Spartacus, leader of the largest slave rebellion of the Roman Republic. Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Clara Zetkin, and others started the group. The League later changed its name to the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD). It joined the Comintern in 1919. It was most active during the German Revolution of 1918. The League wanted to start a revolution through its newspaper, Spartacus Letters.

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  • Rosa Luxemburg

    Rosa Luxemburg

  • Zetkin luxemburg1910

    Clara Zetkin (left) with Rosa Luxemburg in 1910.

  • Karl Liebknecht 001

    Karl Liebknecht

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 175-01448, Berlin, Reichskanzlei, Philipp Scheidemann

    Philipp Scheidemann proclaiming the German Republic from a window of the Reichstag building.

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00015, Friedrich Ebert

    Friedrich Ebert

  • Rote-Fahne-1918

    Die Rote Fahne, "Central organ of the Spartacus League", 23 November 1918.

  • Hinein in die Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands! (joint the German Communist Party) Art.IWMPST7847

    Poster urging people to join the KPD (Spartacus League). The figure addressing the crowd is Karl Liebknecht.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Liga Espartaquista para niños

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