Kurt Eisner

Kurt Eisner
Minister President of the People's State of Bavaria
In office
8 November 1918 – 21 February 1919
Preceded byOtto Ritter von Dandl (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
Succeeded byJohannes Hoffmann
Personal details
Born(1867-05-14)14 May 1867
Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia
Died21 February 1919(1919-02-21) (aged 51)
Munich, Bavaria
NationalityGerman
Political partyIndependent Social Democratic Party of Germany (1917–1919)
Social Democratic Party of Germany (1898–1917)

Kurt Eisner (German pronunciation: [kʊʁt ˈʔaɪsnɐ]; 14 May 1867 – 21 February 1919)[1] was a German politician, revolutionary, journalist, and theatre critic. As a socialist journalist, he organized the socialist revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy in Bavaria in November 1918, which led to him being described as "the symbol of the Bavarian revolution".[2][1] He is used as an example of charismatic authority by Max Weber.[3] Eisner subsequently proclaimed the People's State of Bavaria but was assassinated by far-right German nationalist Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley in Munich on 21 February 1919.

  1. ^ a b "Kurt Eisner – Encyclopædia Britannica" (biography), Encyclopædia Britannica, 2006, Britannica.com webpage: Britannica-KurtEisner Archived 4 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "The German Revolution's Bloody End".
  3. ^ Max Weber, (London 1987) p. 634

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