République des conseils de Bavière
Rudolf John Gorsleben was associated with the Thule Society during the Bavarian Soviet Republic of 1919 and, along with Dietrich Eckart, he was taken prisoner by the Communists, narrowly escaping execution. He threw himself into the ferment of Bavaria's "völkisch" politics and formed a close working relationship with the local Germanenorden before devoting himself to literary pursuits.