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Michael CarricoMichael Carrico
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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German Labor Movement and the SPD (1863–1933)

German Labor Movement and the SPD (1863–1933)

  1. ADAV founded in Leipzig under Lassalle

    Labels: ADAV, Ferdinand Lassalle, Leipzig

  2. SDAP founded at the Eisenach congress

    Labels: SDAP, August Bebel, Wilhelm Liebknecht

  3. Gotha unity congress creates SAPD and platform

    Labels: SAPD, Gotha Program, ADAV

  4. Anti-Socialist Law passed, suppressing Social Democracy

    Labels: Anti-Socialist Law, Reichstag, Bismarck

  5. Party adopts the name Social Democratic Party (SPD)

    Labels: SPD, Social Democratic, Party renaming

  6. Anti-Socialist Law lapses; SPD reorganizes legally

    Labels: Anti-Socialist Law, SPD reorganization, Legal lapse

  7. Erfurt Program adopted as SPD’s new platform

    Labels: Erfurt Program, SPD platform, Erfurt congress

  8. SPD Reichstag group votes for World War I war credits

    Labels: SPD Reichstag, Burgfrieden, World War

  9. USPD founded after splits over war policy

    Labels: USPD, Gotha split, Anti-war faction

  10. Kiel mutiny sparks German Revolution

    Labels: Kiel mutiny, sailors, German Revolution

  11. Scheidemann proclaims a German Republic in Berlin

    Labels: Philipp Scheidemann, German Republic, Berlin proclamation

  12. Weimar National Assembly election makes SPD largest party

    Labels: Weimar National, SPD, 1919 election

  13. Noske becomes Reichswehr minister in early Weimar cabinet

    Labels: Gustav Noske, Reichswehr minister, Weimar cabinet

  14. SPD banned and mandates canceled under Nazi rule

    Labels: SPD ban, Nazi repression, 1933 purge

  15. Law makes Germany a one-party state

    Labels: Law Against, NSDAP, One-party state