biography
pronunciation:
[hahzuh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1863–1919)
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| biography:
| German lawyer and politician, born in Allenstein, Germany (now Olsztyn, N Poland). He became a member of the Reichsrat (1897–1907, 1912–19) and from 1911–17 was chairman of Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD, jointly with Friedrich Ebert after 1913). He supported the campaign against War Credits (1915), from March 1916 led the Sozialdemokratische Arbeitergemeinschaft (USPD since 1917), and in 1918 joined the Rat der Volksbeauftragten. |
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