Chapter 42 He Is Not Kerensky

Member of Parliament Albert's full name is Friedrich Albert. He is a German social democrat who became the leader of Germany after the death of the veteran August Bebel (a disciple of Wilhelm Liebknecht). Chairman of the Social Democratic Party. During the World War, the German Social Democratic Party led by him split, and the mainstream faction (Ebert and Scheidemann's faction) adopted the "defense line", which was to support the war policy of the German Empire. In the history Herschmann knew, Friedrich Ebert would become Chancellor after the November Revolution in Germany and President of the Weimar Republic in February 1919.

The Spartacists, headed by Karl Liebknecht (son of Wilhelm Liebknecht), were firmly anti-war and opposed to class reconciliation.

On May 1, 1916, Liebknecht organized and participated in an anti-war rally and demonstration at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin as an active-duty soldier. In his call for demonstrations, he pointed out to the German people: "Our enemy is not the people of France and Russia, but the German Junkers, the German capitalists and the committee that manages their affairs - the German government."

For this reason, the German government arrested him for treason and sentenced him to two and a half years in prison. In Hersman's opinion this was a huge mistake, and they should have shot him immediately so that even if the United States entered the war, Germany could hold on until the Americans could no longer bear the casualties and ousted Woodrow Johnson.

If we refer to the tenacity of the Third Reich in World War II and the war pattern of World War I, as long as the Second Reich was half as tenacious as the Third Reich, the corpses of Americans would be covered with the land of France and Belgium, and then there would be no peace talks. Decent!

It's a pity that the Kaiser had no Gestapo and no concentration camps. Therefore, after being sentenced, Liebknecht could continue to write articles in prison to expose and criticize the crimes of the German government. For this reason, he was commuted to four years of hard labor which was not hard at all. Currently he is still in prison writing articles attacking the German emperor and the army.

Liebknecht and his supporters would become the main force in the November Revolution, bringing Social Democrats like Ebert and Scheidemann to power. And in January 1919, he and Rosa Luxemburg, another leader of the Spartacist faction, would be killed on the orders of Albert and Scheidemann!

Hirschmann, who knew a little about future history, would certainly not regard Friedrich Albert as a figure like Kerensky.

With Marshal Hindenburg's status, he must have known that Albert would become German Chancellor soon. Now let Hessmann get acquainted with him in advance, which should pave the way for Hessmann and the Stasi.

Obviously, the old marshal regarded Hessmann as one of the mainstays of the future German army.

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October 8, 1918, Berlin train station. The sky becomes more and more pale, just like people's mood at this time. It was still drizzling, making the capital of the German Empire even colder and damper. Rosenberg drove Hersmann and Grand Duchess Olga to the train station in a rattling car.

As usual, there were still people demonstrating at the train station, which was more lively than a few days ago and was not affected by the rain at all. Some people are against the war, some support the war, some support the emperor, and even more people are against the emperor. There are still some who want to overthrow the German government and establish Soviet power - they are all supporters of Spartacism. After Germany launched its "democratization" reform, the most radical socialist political faction under the name of the Independent Socialist Party (the faction of Engels' disciple Karl Kautsky) suddenly became the most eye-catching celebrity. Almost exactly the same as 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 faction of the German Socialist Party and Democratic Party held a national conference and adopted a declaration to the German people. The manifesto clearly stated the revolutionary combat tasks, fighting to overthrow the reactionary German government and establish the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies. The declaration also proposed the confiscation of large enterprises, banks, and mines; the confiscation of land from large landowners; the immediate cessation of the war and severe punishment of the war culprits; the release of the Communist Party, and the lifting of martial law.

A German Bolshevik Party seems to be ready to emerge! The people who were considered likely to prevent Germany from falling 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 Ebert. This is a chubby, middle-aged man in his forties with a messy mustache. Surrounded by several assistants of similar age, he was smoking a pipe in a room designed for VIPs to rest, his brows furrowed and his face solemn.

"Mr. Congressman, I am Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig von Hersmann, the adjutant of Marshal Hindenburg." Hersman walked into the VIP lounge that had been agreed upon over the phone and recognized Congressman Albert at a glance. special. He stepped forward and gave a military salute. "I was ordered to protect Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna and come here to see you."

Albert stood up from a sofa and glanced at the Grand Duchess next to Hessmann - the Grand Duchess was wearing a white woolen dress, a small women's hat on her head, and was holding a A small handbag with a noble and elegant smile on his face.

"Her Highness the Grand Duchess," Albert nodded politely to Olga. When he saw the other person extending his right hand, he picked it up and kissed the fingertips. "It's an honor to meet you."

"Me too, Mr. Congressman." Olga replied with a smile. On the way from Zossen, Hersmann had told her that Friedrich Ebert would be the next German Chancellor. So Olga couldn't help but look at Albert a few more times, and compared him with Duke Lvov and Kerensky in her mind - there is no doubt that this Albert is not as good looking as that one. They are two handsome men who also look relatively stupid. It seems that the fate of Germany is very worrying.

"Lieutenant Colonel," Albert glanced at Hersman's blue Max Medal. "I heard that you have accomplished many great things in Russia?"

"Yes," said Hessmann with no modesty - that was Eastern behavior, not suitable for the German army. "Mr. Congressman, I brought this back from Moscow."

Hessmann took Lenin's autographed letter out of his pocket and handed it to Albert with both hands. The seal of the envelope was open, and Albert took out the letter paper inside and took a few glances at it. He nodded and said: "It is indeed a letter written by Lenin... I believe Liebknecht will understand the importance of it after reading it."

It seems that Albert is going to take this letter to see Karl Liebknecht! Hessman thought to himself: I wonder if there is such an autographed letter from Lenin in history? Liebknecht risked his own life anyway.

At this time, Albert suddenly said to Hersmann in a very low tone: "Lieutenant Colonel Hersmann, I have discussed it with Marshal Hindenburg. If I cannot convince Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, ...If they go against us after they are released from prison, it will be up to you to help us solve this problem!”

What? Let me go out and solve the problem... Hessman was stunned and immediately understood what he meant. If Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg refuse to compromise, then it is time for the Stasi agents to go out and kill people!

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