Abstract

The Socialist Student Party was formed by a group of socialist students of all political directions who had come together in secret prior to the revolution, and some of whom had participated in the revolution. The Party made its first public appearance at a general student meeting one week after November 9th: its united stand and, even more, its very existence caused the greatest amazement, which soon was to change into open hostility. Our appearance caused students in Berlin who previously had been apolitical to organize themselves into parties as well, and thereby the election of the then non-existent Student Council became possible. Nine representatives were elected on the basis of general, equal, secret and proportional representation. The election returns (230 votes in our favor) permitted us to send at least one of our representatives to the Student Council.

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