Following the abdication (or deposition) of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany was declared a republic. But what kind of republic would it be?
In a split reminiscent of Russia in 1917, the central government was in the hands of Reichstag deputies, who administered the old Imperial bureaucracy, while across the country, workers’ councils, like the Russian soviets, were taking power locally.
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Fanfare
Opening Theme
Symphony No. 1
Composed in 1800 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Public domain.
Public domain recording. Source.
Closing Theme
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