Remaking German Socialism during the Great War: The Social Democratic Party between Opposition to War and National Integration, 1914–1918
<p>23 June 2026, 5:30 pm </p>
<p><strong>In co-operation with the Modern German History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research (IHR)</strong></p>
<p>By 1912, the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) was the largest socialist party in the world. Yet when war was imminent in July 1914, the party failed to mobilize effectively against it. Instead, on 4 August 1914, the party approved war credits in the German parliament and signed up to a domestic political truce,…
