Philipp Scheidemann
Who was Philipp Scheidemann?
Philipp Scheidemann was a leading member of the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
Why was Philipp Scheidemann important?
Scheidemann announced there was a new German Republic from a window of the Reichstag after he heard that Kaiser Wilhelm II had abdicated on 9th November, 1918.
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