Hugo Haase (September 29, 1863 - November 7, 1919) was a German politician, jurist, and pacifist. September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Life

Hasse was born in Allenstein as the son of Jewish shoemaker and small businessman. He studied law in Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and established himself as a lawyer. He was the first Social Democrat in the Stadtrat in Königsberg and became a deputy in the Reichstag in 1897. In multiple legal cases, he defended the Social Democrats against various political attacks. Motto: none Voivodship Warmia i Mazury Municipal government Rada Miasta Olsztyn Mayor Czesław Jerzy Małkowski Area 87,9 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 173 350 - 1972/km² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 53°47 N 20°30 E Area code +48 89 Car plates NO Twin towns - Municipal Website Olsztyn... Locator map on an international level map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad ( Russian: Калининград, German: Königsberg, Polish: Królewiec, Lithuanian Karaliaučius ), seaport city, capital and main city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania with access to the Baltic Sea. ... The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is the second oldest political party of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. ... The Reichstag is both an institutional assembly and a specific building. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Haase belonged to the so-called revisionist wing of the party, which in contrast to the Marxists, supported gradual reforms and no longer saw the best path to social and political change in revolution. In 1911 he became along with August Bebel a SPD chairman, in 1912 next to Philip Scheidemann a SPD chairman in the Reichstag. After Bebel's death, Haase and Friedrich Ebert were chosen as the party chairmen. 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... August Ferdinand Bebel (February 22, 1840 – March 18, 1913) was a German social democrat and one of the founders of the SPD. August Bebel Bebel was born on February 22, 1840 in Deutz, near Cologne; he founded the Sächsische Volkspartei (Saxon Peoples Party) in 1867 together with Wilhelm Liebknecht... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Friedrich Ebert (February 4, 1871–February 28, 1925) was a German politician (SPD), who served as the 9th Chancellor of Germany and its first president during the Weimar period. ...

In July 1914, he organized the anti-war rally of the SPD and on July 31 and August 1 fought against a decision for an increase in the war credit in the SPD faction. However, he failed to accomplish this because the opposition of Friedrich Ebert and the faction majority. Due to party discipline, Haase had to defend the SPD action in the Reichstag session. In response to his comment "We won't abandon the Fatherland in the hour of danger", the imperial government created its so-called Burgfrieden policy. July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ...

After the collapse of German war plans at the end of 1914, Haase became more and more vocal against the policies of the SPD faction. He was forced to resign as faction leader in 1915 and as a party chairman in 1916. In March 1916, he took over the leadership of the Sozialdemokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, which the war critics in the SPD had founded together. In 1917 he became chairman of the newly founded Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, which split the Mehrheitssozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands and advocated immediate peace negotiations. 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1916 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1916 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... USPD election poster, 1919 The Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, or USPD) was a short-lived political party in Germany during the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. ...

In the course of the German Revolution (November), he created along with the MSPD leader Friedrich Ebert the provisional government, the Rat der Volksbeauftragten, of whose acting chairman he took over. After the violent response to the revolutionary Volksmarinedivision during Christmas 1918, Haase and the two other USPD representatives Wilheim Dittman and Emil Barth abandoned the house on December 29. Revolutionaries at machine gun posts, Berlin, November 1918 The German Revolution describes a series of events that occurred in 1918-1919, culminating in the overthrow of the Kaiser and the establishment of a democratic republic. ... Friedrich Ebert (February 4, 1871–February 28, 1925) was a German politician (SPD), who served as the 9th Chancellor of Germany and its first president during the Weimar period. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ...

The Haase-leaded USPD only achieved 7% of the vote for the Weimar Nationalversammlung on January 19, 1919. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

On October 8, 1919, Haase was shot by Johann Voß, an apparently mentally-ill leather worker. He was severly injured and died on November 7. October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ...

He was married to Thea Lichtenstein and had a son.