Newspaper editor Erwin Rothart was sentenced to three months in prison for insulting the president , but his accusation that Ebert had betrayed the country for leading a strike in 1918 was ruled as proven .
German President Friedrich Ebert lost a libel trial in Magdeburg .
Newspaper editor Erwin Rothart was sentenced to three months in prison for insulting the president , but his accusation that President had betrayed the country for leading a strike in 1918 was ruled as proven .
German President Friedrich Ebert lost a libel trial in Magdeburg .