Chapter Seventy-One: He's Not Kerensky
MP Albert's full name is Friedrich. Albert, who was a German Social Democrat, was a veteran of August. Bebel (William. Liebknecht's protégé) became president of the German Social Democratic Party after his death. During the World War, the German Social Democratic Party led by him split and the mainstream faction (Albert and Scheudmann's faction) adopted a "protectionist line", that is, support for the war policy of the German Empire. In the history known to Hersmann, Friedrich. Albert would become Chancellor after the November Revolution in Germany and President of the Weimar Republic in February 1919.
And with Karl. Liebknecht (William. The Spartacists, led by Liebknecht, were resolutely anti-war and opposed to class reconciliation.
On May 1, 1916, Liebknecht organized and participated in an anti-war rally and demonstration on Berlin's Potsdamer Platz as an active soldier. In his call to demonstration, he pointed out to the German people: "Our enemies are not the people of France and Russia, but the German Junckers, the German capitalists, and the German government, the committee that manages their affairs. ”
He was arrested for treason and sentenced to two and a half years in prison. In Hersmann's opinion, this was a huge mistake, and they should shoot him immediately, so that even if the United States entered the war, Germany would be able to hold on until the Americans could not stand the casualties and put Woodrow. Johnson ousted the position.
If we refer to the tenacity of the Third Reich in World War II and the form of war in World War I, as long as the Second Reich is half as tenacious as the Third Reich, the corpses of the Americans will be covered on the land of France and Belgium, and then there will be dignity in peace talks!
It is a pity that the Kaiser did not have a Gestapo and did not have concentration camps. As a result, after being sentenced, Liebknecht was able to continue to write articles exposing and criticizing the crimes of the German government in prison, for which his sentence was commuted to four years of hard labor that was not bitter at all. He is still in prison writing articles attacking the German emperor and the army.
Liebknecht and his supporters would be the main force of the November Revolution, bringing SPDs like Albert and Scheidmann to power. And in January 1919, he and another leader of the Spartacist faction, Rosa. Luxembourg will be killed by Albert and Scheidman's orders!
Hersmann, who knew a little about the history of the future, certainly would not have put Friedrich. Albert became a figure like Kerensky.
And with the position of Field Marshal Hindenburg, he must have known that Albert would soon become Chancellor of Germany. Now let Hirschman get acquainted with him in advance, it should be to pave the way for Hirschman and Stasi.
It is clear that the old marshal saw Hersmann as one of the mainstays of the future German army.
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8 October 1918, Berlin railway station. The sky is getting whiter and whiter, just like the mood of people at this time. It was also drizzling, making the capital of the German Empire even colder and more damp. Rosenberg drove a rattling car to the train station with Archduchess Olga.
There were still demonstrations at the train station, which were more lively than a few days ago, and were not affected by the rain in the slightest. There were those who were anti-war, those who supported the war, those who supported the Emperor, those who were more against the Emperor, and those who wanted to overthrow the German government and establish Soviet power - they were all supporters of the Spartacists. After the initiation of the "democratization" reforms in Germany, this hung on the Socialist Party of Independence (Engels' protégé Karl Brown. Kautsky's faction, the most radical socialist political faction, suddenly became the most eye-catching star. Almost identical to the Russian Bolsheviks in April 1917.
On October 7, just five days after the "liberal" Prince of Baden became prime minister. The left-wing Spartacist wing of the German Socialist Party convened a national congress and adopted a manifesto to the German people. The manifesto clearly set out the revolutionary combat task of fighting for the overthrow of the reactionary government in Germany and the establishment of a Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies. The manifesto also proposed the confiscation of large corporations, banks, and mines; confiscation of land from large landowners; Immediately stop the war and severely punish the perpetrators of war; Release ******, lifting the state of siege and other requirements.
A German Bolshevik Party, it seems, has reached the point where it is about to come out! The men who were thought to have the potential to prevent Germany from descending into a civil war were the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Albert and Scheidemann.
At the train station, Hersmann met one of them, the future German President Friedrich Friedrich. Albert. It was a chubby, middle-aged man in his forties with a messy mustache. Surrounded by a few assistants of about the same age, he smoked a pipe in a room reserved for VIPs to rest, his brows furrowed and his face solemn.
"Mr. Senator, I am the aide-de-camp of Field Marshal Hindenburg, Ludwig. Feng. Lieutenant Colonel Hersman. Hersman walked into the VIP lounge that had been agreed upon by phone and immediately recognized Congressman Albert. He stepped forward and gave a military salute. "I was ordered to protect Olga. Grand Duchess Nikolaevna is here to meet you. ”
Albert got up from a couch and glanced at Hersmann's Grand Duchess, who was dressed in a white tweed dress, a top hat on her head, a small handbag in her hand, and a noble and elegant smile on her face.
"Your Highness," Albert nodded politely at Olga, and when he saw that the other had stretched out his right hand, he held it up and kissed it. "I'm honored to meet you."
"Me too, Mr. Councillor." Olga replied with a smile. On the way from Tsosen, Hersmann had already told her that Friedrich . Albert will be the next German chancellor. So Olga couldn't help but look at Albert a few more times, and mentally compared him with Duke Levouf and Kerensky - there was no doubt that this Albert was not as handsome as the other two, and looked stupid, and it seemed that the fate of Germany was very worrying.
"Lieutenant Colonel," Albert glanced at Hersmann's blue Max Medal. "I heard that you have done a few great things in Russia?"
"Yes," Hersmann was not modest - that was the way the Orientals behaved, and was not suitable for the German army. "Mr. Senator, this is what I brought back from Moscow."
Hersmann took Lenin's handwritten letter out of his pocket and handed it to Albert with both hands. The envelope was open, and Albert took out the letter and looked at it a few times. Nodding his head, he said, "It is indeed Lenin's handwritten letter...... I believe that after reading it, Liebknecht will know a little bit of the severity. ”
It seems that Albert was going to take the letter to Carl. Liebknecht! Hersmann thought to himself: I wonder if there is such a letter from Lenin in history? Anyway, Liebknecht still lost his life.
At this time, Albert suddenly said to Hersmann in a very low tone: "Lieutenant Colonel Hersmann, I have consulted with Field Marshal Hindenburg, and if I can't convince Karl. Liebknecht and Rosa. Luxembourg: They will go against us when they get out of prison. Then it's up to you to help us solve this problem! ”
What the? Let me go out and solve the problem...... Hersman was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what he meant. If Carl. Liebknecht and Rosa. Luxembourg won't compromise, so it's time for Stasi's agents to go and kill people!
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