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Kurt Vogel (11 October 1889 – 1967) was a German officer in World War I and member of the Prussian Army unit Garde-Kavallerie-Schützen-Division (Guard Cavalry Rifle Division). He was involved in the murder of the revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg, although according to the most current research he was not the one who shot her.
Jan 15, 2019 · Vogel let Luxemburg walk ahead of him through the propped-open revolving doors. Runge struck her violently with the butt of his rifle. Knocked unconscious, she fell backwards, losing a shoe and her handbag.
- Klaus Gietinger
Luxemburg was first knocked down with a rifle butt by Private Otto Runge, then shot once, in the back of the head, either by Lieutenant Kurt Vogel or by Lieutenant Hermann Souchon. Her body was then dumped in Berlin's Landwehr Canal . [58]
Jan 15, 2019 · The commander of the convoy, Kurt Vogel, ordered them to throw her body in the Landwehr canal, where it was only found four months later. Protests against the murders ensued, including in the SPD rank and file.
Nov 2, 2019 · In the same way as for Karl Liebknecht, Runge assaulted Rosa Luxemburg, when she was meant to be transported to the prison by car a quarter of an hour after him. During the drive, the nearly-lifeless Luxemburg is killed by a shot, which probably came from Lieutenant Kurt Vogel.
- Marius S. Ostrowski
- marius.ostrowski@all-souls.ox.ac.uk
- 2020
Transport officer Kurt Vogel then dumped her body in the Landwehr canal. The Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, in his writings at the time, lamented the terrible loss and impact that Luxemburg and Liebknecht’s deaths had on the movement.
Jan 15, 2020 · On January 15, 1919, the revolutionary leaders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were murdered in cold blood by a gang of right-wing army officers.
