Central Council of the German Socialist Republic
The Central Council of the German Socialist Republic was a body established by the First General Congress of Workers 'and Soldiers' Councils in Germany in December 1918 to monitor and control the Council of People's Representatives .
In this role he replaced the Berlin Executive Council . However, only the majority Social Democratic Party of Germany was then represented in the body , because the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany boycotted the election because its demand for the Central Council's right to approve or reject laws of the Council of People's Representatives before their promulgation had not been met. The Central Council as well as the Council of People's Representatives saw themselves only as provisional, revolutionary transitional institutions that were to be dissolved with the election of a national assembly and a government that emerged from it. The chairman was Max Cohen .
On February 4, 1919, the Central Council transferred its power to the National Assembly .
literature
- Eberhard Kolb : The workers' councils in German domestic politics 1918-1919. Frankfurt a. M. 1978. Chapter 10: The Policy of the Central Council, pp. 244–261.
- For the presentation and appreciation of Cohen's ideas of the council system see: Peter von Oertzen : Betriebsräte in der Novemberrevolution. Bonn 2nd edition 1976, p. 200 ff.
Web links
- German revolution. In: German stories. May 6, 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Central Council members on p. 42 in Document B-8 of the Central Council Archives of the German Socialist Republic at the International Institute for Social History