Kurt Eisner
German politician
Died when: 51 years 283 days (621 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Kurt Eisner (German pronunciation: [k??t '?a?sn?]; 14 May 1867 – 21 February 1919) was a German politician, revolutionary, journalist, and theatre critic.
As a socialist journalist, he organized the Socialist Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy in Bavaria in November 1918, which led to his being described as "the symbol of the Bavarian revolution".
He is used as an example of charismatic authority by Max Weber.Eisner subsequently proclaimed the People's State of Bavaria but was assassinated by far-right German nationalist Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley in Munich on 21 February 1919.
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