December 2, 1914
The Great War has begun. At the Party fraction meeting, on August 3, 1914, there were 15 deputies that decided to oppose the vote. They were led by a man named Karl Liebknecht. But on August 4, 1914, the Social democratic delegation was all for the war with 110 members that all agree. So it was a unanimous vote. Because of this the Party Fraction members decided to go for war instead of against it. There was too many for it when they, as far as they knew, were the only ones against it. Four months after this, on the second of December Liebknecht again was standing up for what he believed in. He held his hand high against the war budget. This was not what really mattered though. All that mattered; in the end was August 4th. It marks the fall of the German Social Democracy and the betrayal of the Second International.
By: Shelly Mitchell
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