The Betrayal Of The German Revolution | Part I
Channel: Bes D. Marx
Date: 2022-06-08

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Main Sources:
- The Lost Revolution: Germany 1918 to 1924 by Chris Harman
- Pierre Broué - The German Revolution 1917–1923
- Uwe Sonnenberg & Jorn Schutrumpf - Rosa Luxemburg and the 1918-1919 German Revolution, A Timeline
- J. P. Nettl's biography of Luxemburg 
- Klaus Gietinger - The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg
- William Pelz's - A People's History of the German Revolution
- Müller, Richard. Geschichte der deutschen Revolution
- Sebastain Haffner - Der Verrat der Deutschen Revolution
- Reform or Revolution - Rosa Luxemburg
- Various Works provided by Marxists.org


Music:
- Das Banner von Marx und Lenin (Erich-Weinert-Ensemble)
- Arbeiter von Wien (Erich-Weinert-Ensemble)
- Das Einheitsfrontlied "Und weil der Mensch ein Mensch ist" (Berliner Singakademie, Großes Rundfunkorchester Berlin & Dietrich Knothe)
- Katyusha (Академический Ансамбль песни и пляски Российской Армии имени А.В. Александрова)
- Der heimliche Aufmarsch (Ernst Busch)

Thanks to the GETchan Youtube Channel for providing a wonderful collection of Communist Music (from which I got all the songs above):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu5O6b1IynT40gGtn787A_g

Clips:
- British Pathe

Pictures
- Bundesarchiv

This video will not be monetized and is for educational purposes and a critique of the usual depiction of the German Revolution.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
6:15 - German Reich
9:53 - Social Democracy
19:35 - Revisionism
25:30 - Revolutionary Left
31:15 - World War I
39:33 - The Split
48:00 - "Revolution From Above"
59:20 - End