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Germany
50th Anniversary – Death of Friedrich Ebert
1975 J Silver 5 Mark 29mm (11.19 grams) 0.625 Silver (0.2251 oz. ASW)
Reference: KM# 141
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1975 5 DEUTSCHE MARK, Eagle of Germany, G at bottom.
FRIEDRICH EBERT 1871 – 1925, Ebert facing 3/4 left, dates to left.
Edge Lettering:
DES VOLKES WOHL IST MEINER ARBEIT ZIEL
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.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00015,_Friedrich_Ebert(cropped).jpg) Friedrich Ebert (German pronunciation: [ˈeːbɐt]; 4 February 1871 – 28 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the first President of Germany from 1919 until his death in office in 1925.
Ebert was elected leader of the SPD on the death in 1913 of August Bebel. In 1914, shortly after he assumed leadership, the party became deeply divided over Ebert’s support of war loans to finance the German war effort in World War I. A moderate social democrat, Ebert was in favour of the Burgfrieden, a political policy that sought to suppress squabbles over domestic issues among political parties during wartime in order to concentrate all forces in society on the successful conclusion of the war effort. He tried to isolate those in the party opposed to the war, but could not prevent a split.
Ebert was a pivotal figure in the German Revolution of 1918-19. When Germany became a republic at the end of World War I, he became its first chancellor. His policies at that time were primarily aimed at restoring peace and order in Germany and containing the more extreme elements of the revolutionary left. In order to accomplish these goals, he allied himself with conservative and nationalistic political forces, in particular the leadership of the military under General Wilhelm Groener and the right wing Freikorps. With their help, Ebert’s government crushed a number of socialist and communist uprisings as well as those from the right, including the Kapp Putsch. This has made him a controversial historical figure.
 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in western –central Europe. It includes 16 constituent states and covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi) with a largely temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Berlin . With 81 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state in the European Union . After the United States, it is the second most popular migration destination in the world.
 Various Germanic tribes have occupied northern Germany since classical antiquity . A region named Germania was documented before 100 CE. During the Migration Period the Germanic tribes expanded southward. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire . During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation .
The rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states in 1871 into the Prussian -dominated German Empire . After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–1919 , the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic . The establishment of the Third Reich in 1933 led to World War II and the Holocaust . After 1945, Germany split into two states, East Germany and West Germany . In 1990 , the country was reunified .
In the 21st century, Germany is a great power and has the world’s fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP , as well as the fifth-largest by PPP . As a global leader in several industrial and technological sectors, it is both the world’s third-largest exporter and importer of goods. Germany is a developed country with a very high standard of living sustained by a skilled and productive society. It upholds a social security and universal health care system, environmental protection and a tuition free university education.
Germany was a founding member of the European Union in 1993. It is part of the Schengen Area , and became a co-founder of the Eurozone in 1999. Germany is a member of the United Nations , NATO, the G8 , the G20 , and the OECD . The national military expenditure is the 9th highest in the world. Known for its rich cultural history, Germany has been continuously the home of influential artists , philosophers , musicians , sportsmen , entrepreneurs , scientists and inventors .
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