Bremen Soviet Republic
| Bremen Soviet Republic | ||||||||||||||
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| Capital | Bremen | |||||||||||||
| Languages | German | |||||||||||||
| Government | Soviet republic | |||||||||||||
| People's Commissar | Johann Knief | |||||||||||||
| Legislature | Soviet of People’s Representatives | |||||||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | |||||||||||||
| • | Established | 10 January 1919 | ||||||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 4 February 1919 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | German Papiermark (ℳ) | |||||||||||||
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The Bremen Soviet Republic was an unrecognised, short-lived state, existing for 25 days in 1919. It consisted of the state of Bremen, Germany. The republic was established amid the German Revolution (after defeat of the German Empire in World War I).
After the abdication of the Kaiser on the 9 November 1918, Germany fell into a state of instability. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)-led government and the Spartacus League both announced the launch of a German Republic (with the latter aiming for a "Free Socialist Republic"). This led to civil war and the German Revolution of 1918-19 with the two opposing sides fighting for power.
Before the creation of the Soviet state, radical labour movements already enjoyed significant support in Bremen (due to high employment levels in heavy industry) with the SPD electorally dominating the city (a trait seen to this day). As a result, with the outbreak of the civil war, Bremen was strongly sympathetic to the left-leaning Spartacus League. The revolt in Bremen began just before the abdication of the Kaiser (6 November 1918) with a workers' council being established and elected. This council sat in Bremen City Hall and managed the affairs of the small state independent of the newly established, SPD-led, Weimar Republic in Berlin.
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