Klaus Gietinger

Stories by: Klaus Gietinger

19 January 1953: A communist march in East Berlin to commemorate the deaths of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, co-founders of Germany's Spartacist League. (Photograph by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The murder of Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg was executed a hundred years ago today. This is an excerpt from ‘The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg’ by Klaus Gietinger, translated by Loren Balhorn and published by Verso.

By: Klaus Gietinger
15 Jan 2019