Karl Henke [SEP] conflict
Karl Henke
Karl Henke (22 July 1896 in Berlin – 27 April 1945 in Neutief) was an engineer officer in the "Reichsheer" during World War I, in the German inter-war army, the "Reichswehr", and in the "Wehrmacht".
Military service, World War I.
Henke's military service began in 1914 as a cadet with a pioneer battalion. He was promoted to officer in 1915, but in 1916 was seriously wounded and unable to return to frontline service. Posted to Libau
announced this revolutionary situation.
After a few months of unrest and conflict among the city's faction, the Bremen Soviet Republic was proclaimed on 10 January 1919. With non-revolutionary leftists excluded from the leadership, new radical ideas were imposed, and the workers' and soldiers' council was replaced by a Council of People's Commissars. Henke became its Chairman, together with Frasunkiewicz and the Communists Johann Knief and Karl Jannack, having only reluctantly agreed to support the proclamation of the Soviet Republic after being offered the position.