Description: ORIGINAL! RARE! POST-WW1 GERMAN FREIKORPS CHRISTMAS CRISIS AT BERLIN PALACE PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC POST-WW1 GERMAN FREIKORPS CHRISTMAS CRISIS AT BERLIN PALACE. PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC POST-WW1 GERMAN FREIKORPS CHRISTMAS CRISIS AT BERLIN PALACE AT THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN.RARE HAND CHRISTMAS EVE DATED PHOTO POSTCARD IMAGE OF IMPERIAL GERMAN SOLDIERS AND BERLINERS GATHERING AT THE CASTLE GATE #4 IN WHICH GREAT DAMAGE INFLICTED. PHOTO DOCUMENTED AS IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 24,1918. The 1918 Christmas crisis (German: Weihnachtskämpfe or Weihnachtsaufstand; lit. 'Christmas battles' or 'Christmas rebellion' was a brief battle between the socialist revolutionary Volksmarinedivision and regular German army units on 24 December 1918 during the German Revolution of 1918-19. It took place at the Berlin Palace, the main residence of the House of Hohenzollern. Around 67 people were killed, and the event marked the point at which the hitherto largely bloodless revolution turned more violent. The fighting was the immediate cause for the more radical members to leave the revolutionary government and led to resentment among the workers against the Social Democratic government of Friedrich Ebert. This set the scene for the much larger-scale violence of January 1919 known as the Spartacist uprising. Since the revolutionary sailors defeated the regular army force sent against them, the engagement was also an important episode in the rise of the right-wing Freikorps on which the government increasingly relied. THE CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 106+ YEARS. PERIOD HAND OPAQUED CAPTION IN THE LOWER LEFT OF THE NEGATIVE: StassenKämpfo in Berlin.Das beschädigte Schloss - Portal. IV Street fighting in Berlin.The Damaged Castle - Portal. IV PERIOD HAND DATED ON THE REVERSE: 12-24-1918 SEPIA. VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.
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Location: New York, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
Theme: Militaria
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region of Origin: Germany
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Modified Item: No
