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n 1918, revolutionists took control of the greater part of Berlin. The Kaiser fled to Holland and a new Socialist Chancellor took command. The revolt had begun to spread rapidly across Germany.
The Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Council was administering Berlins municipal governments. The War Ministry had submitted and its acts were only valid only when countersigned by a Socialist representative. The Workmen’s and Soldier’s Council issued an announcement: “The Presidency of the Police, as well as the Chief of Command, is in our hands.”
The above is according to a report by The New York Times on 11 November 1918. This report was highlighted in a 2018 video produced by CommonSpace titled ‘Remember the real reason WWI ended’.
CommonSpace, an independent Scottish news and opinion website was relaunched on 16 March 2020 as ‘Source’. It ceased publishing a little more than a year later on 30 June 2021. We were unable to verify who is speaking in the video below but it is possibly CommonSpace/Sourcereporter Sean Bell.
