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In May 1894, he married Louise Rump (1873–1955), daughter of a manual labourer, who had been employed as a housemaid and in labelling boxes and who was active in union work. In 1893, he obtained an editorial post on the socialist Bremer Bürgerzeitung. Īfter settling in Bremen in 1891, Ebert made a living doing odd jobs. Between 18, he lived in Kassel, Braunschweig, Elberfeld-Barmen, Remscheid, Quakenbrück and Bremen, where he founded and chaired local chapters of the Sattlerverband (Association of Saddlers). Ebert was placed on a police "black list" due to his political activities, so he kept changing his place of residence. Although Ebert studied the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, he was less interested in ideology than in practical and organisational issues that would improve the lot of the workers then and there. In Mannheim, he was introduced by an uncle to the Social Democratic Party, joining it in 1889. After he became a journeyman in 1889 he travelled, according to the German custom, from place to place in Germany, seeing the country and learning fresh details of his trade. Instead, he trained as a saddle-maker from 1885 to 1888. Although he wanted to attend university, this proved impossible due to his family's lack of funds.

Three of his siblings died at a young age. With their help, Ebert's government crushed a number of socialist, communist and anarchist uprisings as well as those from the right, including the Kapp Putsch, a legacy that has made him a controversial historical figure.Įbert was born in Heidelberg in the German Empire, on 4 February 1871, the seventh of nine children of the tailor Karl Ebert (1834–1892) and his wife Katharina ( née Hinkel 1834–1897). To accomplish these goals, he allied himself with conservative and nationalistic political forces, in particular the leadership of the military under General Wilhelm Groener and the right-wing Freikorps. His policies at that time were primarily aimed at restoring peace and order in Germany and suppressing the left. When Germany became a republic at the end of World War I, he became its first chancellor. He tried to isolate those in the party opposed to the war and advocated a split.Įbert was a pivotal figure in the German Revolution of 1918–19. A moderate social democrat, Ebert was in favour of the Burgfrieden, a political policy that sought to suppress squabbles over domestic issues among political parties during wartime in order to concentrate all forces in society on the successful conclusion of the war effort. In 1914, shortly after he assumed leadership, the party became deeply divided over Ebert's support of war loans to finance the German war effort in World War I. Friedrich Ebert ( German: ( listen) 4 February 1871 – 28 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the first president of Germany from 1919 until his death in office in 1925.Įbert was elected leader of the SPD on the death in 1913 of August Bebel.
