Death of Friedrich Ebert

On 28 February 1925, Reich President Friedrich Ebert dies of a ruptured appendix in Berlin. In 1918-1919, due to his decisive action and role as political intermediary between workers, the bourgeois parties, and the Catholic Centre, Ebert had created preconditions for the founding of the Weimar Republic, the first democracy in Germany.

	© AdsD Burial of the Reich President: funeral procession in Heidelberg, 4 March 1925

	© AdsD Ebert laid out in the palace of the Reich President in Berlin, 3 March 1925