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A Brief Note On Friedrich Ebert, The First President Of Germany

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Groupings 1) Explain what each term meant/was, and when and where it was significant (3 points). Friedrich Ebert: He was the first President of Germany a renowned German Politician belonging to the Social Democratic Party in 1919 until he died in 1925. He became the leader of the Social Democratic Party after the death of August Bebel, the then party leader passed on. Béla Kun: He was a Revolutionary of the Hungarian Nation who championed the Hungarian Soviet Republic in the year 1919. After the revolution, he moved to the Soviet Union where to be was deployed as the Communist International Organization. Freikorps: These were volunteer fighters and mercenaries that were based in Germany between the 18th and the 20th century that consisted of criminals, army renegades, and native residents. They mainly fought against the Weimar republic and engaged in lethal wars with the republican sympathizers and were later replaced by veterans of World War 1 in 1933. Cheka: It was a Russian emergency committee formed in 1917 and was the first to take over the Soviet State Security Organization. By around 1918, many Chekas had been formed and were responsible for punishing, executing and torturing state opposition. Fasci femminili: It was an Italian organization formed by women who supported the Italian Fascist Party and its membership was mainly composed of women. It was also known as the women league. Zhenotdel: It was a department for Women in the Central Committee Secretariat of the

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