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Images - Politics II: Parties and Political Mobilization
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21.   Election Manifesto for Wilhelm Liebknecht (August 30, 1888)
This election manifesto calls for supporters of the Social Democratic leader Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900) to “Mount the Barricades!” At the time, Liebknecht was the SPD’s candidate in a Reichstag....
Election Manifesto for Wilhelm Liebknecht (August 30, 1888)
22.   Members of the Social Democratic Reichstag Caucus (1889)
The Social Democratic Reichstag deputies pictured here are (seated, from the left): Georg Schumacher, Friedrich Harm, August Bebel, Heinrich Meister, and Karl Frohme; (standing, from left): Johann....
Members of the Social Democratic Reichstag Caucus (1889)
23.   "Proletarians of the World, Unite!" (1889)
This color woodcut is based on a drawing by Walter Crane (1845-1915). It appeared as an illustration in 1889, after May 1 had been chosen as the international day of workers’ solidarity. The global....
24.   Berlin Police Shut Down a Socialist Rally (1890)
Even in 1890, before Bismarck’s Socialist Law expired at midnight on September 30, police regularly shut down Socialist rallies, even peaceful gatherings like the one shown here. Police were obliged....
Berlin Police Shut Down a Socialist Rally (1890)
25.   "1,341,587 Social Democratic Voters" (March 8, 1890)
The Social Democratic Party’s breakthrough in the Reichstag elections of February 20, 1890, is trumpeted in this facsimile of the front page of the party’s leading newspaper, Der Sozialdemokrat,....
26.   "At the Helm" (June 15, 1879)
In this 1879 cartoon from the satirical journal Kladderadatsch, the liberal spoke reminds the conservative and the (Catholic) ultramontane that, with Bismarck steering the ship of state, they....
27.   "The Favorite" (May 30, 1880)
The caption to this Kladderadatsch cartoon reads: “One eagerly waits to see to whom the pasha will throw his handkerchief.” The women awaiting Pasha Bismarck’s decision represent Germany’s....
28.   "Chancellor’s Love" (1882)
Bismarck embraces his political offspring. The Progressives (with “F.” standing for “Fortschrittler”) are banished to the shadows, and Bismarck has half-turned away from the Centre Party leader....
29.   Seven Antisemitic Leaders (1880s)
“A German seven who do not love the Jews.” This undated contemporary postcard presents a rogues gallery of antisemitic leaders whose organizing or propaganda activities stamped the profile of the....
Seven Antisemitic Leaders (1880s)
30.   Members of the Conservative Party’s Reichstag Caucus (1889)
Taken in the foyer of the Reichstag, this photograph by Julius Braatz shows members of the German Conservative Party’s Reichstag caucus: (left to right) Rudolph Wichmann, Otto von Seydewitz, Helmuth....
Members of the Conservative Party’s Reichstag Caucus (1889)
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