The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg by Klaus Gietinger

Author:Klaus Gietinger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Verso Books

Sketches of KPD plans according to the trial records.

The Hotel Eden. Infantryman Runge, who severely injured Rosa Luxemburg with the butt of his rifle, stood in front of the revolving doors (arrow).

Pabst commanded all of those present to keep the secret for the rest of their lives.9 Liebknecht was then taken away, received the blows from Runge’s rifle butt which Pabst had not intended, and after the car ‘broke down’ was shot by Pflugk-Harttung, Stiege, von Ritgen and Liepmann. Liepmann, knowing nothing of the plot, participated instinctively, as it were.10

In the meantime, Souchon was guarding Rosa Luxemburg in the Little Salon. Retired First Lieutenant Kurt Vogel, from the Wilmersdorf Bürgerwehr, was appointed transport leader by von Lilienstern or Pflugk-Harttung and let in on the plan.11

Liebknecht’s escorts returned and reported their mission accomplished. Souchon went outside. Pabst allowed Luxemburg’s group to depart. Runge’s rifle-butt blows were, once more, unforeseen.

Rosa Luxemburg was thrown into the car like a piece of meat.

As the vehicle accelerated, von Rzewuski jumped on, struck the unconscious woman and leapt back off. We can state with almost absolute certainty that roughly forty metres later, at the corner of Kurfürstendamm and Nürnberger Straße, Souchon (who had been lying in wait) hopped onto the left footboard, leaned towards the unconscious Rosa Luxemburg, placed a Mauser pistol against her left temple and pulled the trigger. The shot did not go off at first, as he had forgotten about the gun’s safety catch in the excitement. He released the catch and pulled the trigger. The shot went straight through her skull, shattering it. Rosa Luxemburg died instantly. Souchon sprang from the car and disappeared into the night.

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