Philipp Scheidemann
Actor · 1865 – 1939 · Kassel, Electorate of Hesse
Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). On 9 November 1918, in the midst of the German Revolution of 1918–19, he proclaimed Germany a republic. Later, beginning in the early part of the following year, he became the second head of government of the Weimar Republic, acting in this post for 127 days.
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TV7.3DocumentaryWar & PoliticsThe First World War - carnage on a scale never-before seen. But how did it all start? And how did some key figures of WWII fare in the earlier war?