May 1919
1 - 3 May
Councils’ Republic in Munich is put down violently [VU]
7 May
Allies’ peace conditions are delivered to the German delegation in Versailles. [EK]
12 May
The thirty-ninth session of the National Assembly in the Neue Aula (new auditorium) of the University of Berlin from 1:13pm - 8:00pm
Statement by Reischministerpräsident Scheidemann (SPD) on the Allies’ peace conditions: “The government regards this treaty as unacceptable! (Minutes of thunderous applause follow in the auditorium and the galleries. - The Assembly stands up - renewed rapturous cheering and applause.)”
All parties are consistent in voicing their rejection; demand for an international investigative committee to address the war-guilt question. [DNV, Vol. 3, pp. 333-406]
14. May
The murderers of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht are given extremely lenient prison sentences. [VU]