Words of Memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21870631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maarten Van Alstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 136 |
| Pages | 33-33 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Témoigner. Entre Histoire et Mémoire (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2031-4183 • E-ISSN: 2506-6390 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/temoigner.11806 |
| OpenAlex | W4380878109 |
| Language | EN |
Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) On 15 January 1919, in the midst of the turbulence caused by the end of WWI and the German revolution, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two leaders of the communist Spartakusbund, were arrested in Berlin by members of an ultranationalist Freikorps. In a car Rosa Luxemburg was shot in the head. Her body was thrown in the Landwehrkanal, to be found only months later. Hannah Arendt called Luxemburg’s murder “the watershed between two eras in Germany”. In 1899 Rosa L
Critical Theory and Political Philosophy · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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