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    Carl Legien (1 December 1861 – 26 December 1920) was a German unionist, moderate Social Democratic politician and first President of the International...
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    1959 bust of Carl Legien by Karl Trumpf [de] is installed along Legiendamm in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. The stone bust on Carl Legien rests on a marble...
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  • chief, the heavy industry magnate Hugo Stinnes and the union leader Carl Legien, the agreement enshrined a set of workers' rights long coveted by the...
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    Europe. In northern Prenzlauer Berg, the Wohnstadt ("residential town") Carl Legien is part of the Berlin Modernist Housing Estates UNESCO World Heritage...
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    as replacing the unions. To prevent such a development, union leader Carl Legien (SPD) met with representatives of heavy industry led by Hugo Stinnes...
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    Weimar Republic. During the 1920 Kapp Putsch, Wels and union leader Carl Legien led the general strike that was central to ending the putsch, and afterwards...
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  • 1892, the unions gained power and influence again. On March 14, 1892, Carl Legien convened the Charter Conference of the General Commission of Unions in...
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    1623) a German composer Adalbert Krüger (1832–1896) a German astronomer Carl Legien (1861–1920), leading politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany...
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    supported by the Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (ADGB) led by Carl Legien, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Angestellte (AfA) and the Deutsche Beamtenbund...
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  • Wagner Wohnstadt Carl Legien Prenzlauer Berg 52°32′47″N 13°26′01″E / 52.54639°N 13.43361°E / 52.54639; 13.43361 (Wohnstadt Carl Legien) 1928–1930 Bruno...
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  • architects. Hillinger's most significant achievement from this period is the Carl Legien Estate, a Berlin modernist housing estate in the Prenzlauer Berg subdivision...
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    named after Carl Legien and was previously called as Luisenufer. Notable features include Markthalle VII [de] and a bust of Carl Legien. Berlin, Berliner...
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    demanded the creation of a new government made up of SPD and USPD, led by Carl Legien but only a new government based on the Weimar Coalition found a majority...
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    (politician) [de] (1888–1942) (cenotaph, body buried in Friedhof Baumschulenweg) Carl Legien (1861–1920) Theodor Leipart (1867–1947) Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900)...
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    refused to emphasize support for union goals and methods. The unions led Carl Legien (1861–1920) developed their own nonpartisan political goals. In the early...
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    SPD rejected the harsh form in which union leader and Reichstag member Carl Legien had presented the unions' demands, the SPD accepted that both the current...
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    Leuschnerdamm is a street in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Bust of Carl Legien Bust of Wilhelm Leuschner Media related to Leuschnerdamm (Berlin-Kreuzberg)...
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    Estate, the 1926 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (Onkel-Toms-Hütte) and the 1929 'Carl-Legien-Siedlung', through the auspices of the Trade Unionist building society...
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  • I, an agreement was reached between trade union confederation leader Carl Legien and industrialist leader Hugo Stinnes, so that capital and labour would...
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    Laverrenz German National People’s Party 2 (Berlin) Peter Legendre Centre Carl Legien SPD 14 (Schleswig-Holstein) Died on 26 December 1920 Johann Leicht Centre...
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  • Following the sudden death of his "comrade in arms", Carl Legien, Leipart was elected to succeed Legien as chairman of the ADGB by the executive committee...
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  • Germany's Trade Unions (Generalkommission der Gewerkschaften Deutschlands). Carl Legien was elected as the first chairman. It was an amalgamation of 52 German...
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  • Christiansen and Nordstrom Attending as guests: Germany: Friedrich Ebert, Carl Legien, Louise Zeitz, Emma Ihrer, Peters, Klara Rode, Korn for the central office...
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  • increased its membership to 5,000. This brought him to the attention of Carl Legien, leader of the General of Commission of German Trade Unions. The federation...
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  • also elected. In the election for the first vice-president the German Carl Legien was defeated by the Frenchman Léon Jouhaux. The defeat of the German...
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  • secretary of the IUHR, serving until 1912, when he became secretary to Carl Legien. During World War I, Baumeister was the editor of Feldpost and Internationale...
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  • Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (General German Confederation of Trade Unions) Carl Legien had agreed with Friedrich Ebert, which provided for a strengthening of...
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  • Blücher Memorial Borghese Gladiators The Boxers Bülow Memorial Bust of Carl Legien Bust of Wilhelm Leuschner Centaur and Nymph Churfürstliche Fuchsjagd...
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    first postwar congress of trade unions in Germany, with labor leader Carl Legien the first chairperson. It replaced the General Commission of German Trade...
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    Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch on 17 March 1920, union and left-wing leaders such as Carl Legien, Arthur Crispien and Rudolf Hilferding put pressure on the government...
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