Council Communist Military Documents The following collection is a result of persistent effort and a contribution to the history of the very less document German Council Communists…
Order from the Commander-in-Chief of the Ruhr Red Army An order from August Müller, outlining the combat leadership of Section I (or Section West) of the…
Confidential Order from the Commander-in-Chief of the Ruhr Red Army A confidential order from the council communist August "Dudo" Müller, the Commander-in-Chief of the…
Regulations for the Red Army Units West and East, April 1 [?], 1920 Document by the Ruhr Red Army that lays out the principles that it's soldiers must adhere to in course of the fight against the Reichswehr. The full name of individual commanders are Karl Wohlgemuth, Felix Gräf and Gottfried Karusseit.
Call by the Central Council, March 28, 1920 Document published by the Ruhr Red Army calling for a general strike after the ultimatum by the Reichswehr General Oskar von Watter.
Order by the commander of the Red Army Unit I and II, Marl, March 28, 1920 One of the many documents published by the Ruhr Red Army in the aftermath of the Bielefeld Resolution. This one in particular calls to confront the individuals (left-wing leaders of the SPD-USPD-KPD triumvirate who adhered to the Bielefeld Agreement) who were disarming the workers.
Call by the commander of the Red Army Gelsenkirchen, W. Krischak, Gelsenkirchen, March 28, 1920 One of the many documents published by the Ruhr Red Army in the aftermath of the Bielefeld Resolution. Interestingly this documents mentions the criteria for the workers that wanted to enlist.
Notification by Kruschwitz, Director of Medical Services of the Red Army, Marl, March 28, 1920 One of the many documents published by the Ruhr Red Army after the Bielefeld Resolution. This is a notification issued by Kruschwitz, the Director of Medical Services of the Red Army, in Marl on March 28, 1920, announcing the arming of the workers in the face of the upcoming attack from the SPD.
Declaration by the Red Ruhr Army, March 26, 1920 Declaration by the Ruhr Red Army about their motive to continue the fight in contrast to the Bielefeld Resolution, the Bolshevik KPD's loyal opposition to the Ebert Government and and the Anarcho-Syndicalist FAUD's "wait-and-see" policy. This resolve to continue the fight was due to the Council Communist commanders of the Ruhr Red Army like August Müller, Hans Ficks, Hermann Weidtkampf, Otto Bovensiepen, Oskar…
Declaration by the Red Ruhr Army, March 20, 1920 One of many documents published by the Ruhr Red Army, which was largely led by Council Communists, in which it refutes claims of committing atrocities, accuses the Reichswehr of inhumane treatment of prisoners, and calls for public support in their revolutionary struggle against oppressive forces in the Ruhr region. This and all the upcoming documents are available in Gabriel Kuhn's "All Power to the Councils!".
