The Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic (1918)

The Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic (République des conseils d'Alsace-Lorraine / Räterepublik Elsaß-Lothringen) was a short-lived state that existed in 1918. It was established in the aftermath of the German Revolution that occured towards the end of the First World War. Soon after future mayor of Strasbourg Jacques Peirotes asked the French to intervene and so the French retook Alsace-Lorraine.
History Hustle presents: The Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic (1918).
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- The Vanquished. Why the First World War Failed to End, 1917-1923 (Robert Gerwarth).
- Musée historique de Strasbourg (Historical Museum of the City of Strasbourg).
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[@HistoryHustle]

Life in German-Annexed Alsace-Lorraine (1871 - 1918): kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaKWo5-QidV1oMU Learn about other SHORT-LIVED STATES: kzbin.info/aero/PL_bcNuRxKtpFAruB5bAnlJ5RX9J9rZXF8

[@mordok7987]

Was that the flag of the republic of the lower canada in the beginning? The green,white and red flag.

[@marcoskehl]

💎100K broer! And sky rocking 🚀! Congratulations! Obrigado! 🇧🇷

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Freakin' love your discussuons on short-lived states! A friend of mine is from Croatia. He told me his grandfather never moved but changed nationalities four times!

[@HistoryHustle]

Glad you found this video interesting.

[@milostadic7091]

That is an old joke amongs us people from the Western Balkans(Ex - Yugolsavia) in my case, I was born in FRY(Fed. Rep. of Yugoslavia), grew up a bit in USM(Union of Serbia and Montenegro) and now live in Serbia, but moved zero times 😂

[@tng2057]

I think the all time ruling country change record can go to the city of Przemysl of Poland. From 1914 it moved from Austria Hungary to Russia to Austria Hungary to Poland to Ukraine to Poland to USSR to Germany to USSR to Poland all within 32 years.

[@mammuchan8923]

Awesome story👍

[@paulmattt]

My dad had the same experience living in Vilnius. 😂

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

I love these episodes on short lived states professor Stefan! Such an interesting historical perspective you don’t hear often! Alsace-Lorraine is by far ones of the most beautiful areas of Europe in my opinion as well! A wonderful mixture of history, culture, and architecture.

[@HistoryHustle]

Glad you appreciate it. Thanks 👍👍

[@Zastava-hv5qt]

I live in Mulhouse and your prononciation of "Mulhouse" is very funny to me

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@ArjenDijksman]

Great information! I lived in Strasbourg for 12 years. There is a Rue du 22 novembre. I never understood why that 22 November was so important for Strasbourg. Now I understand what happened between the 11th and the 22th November 1918. Thanks!

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks, Arjen!!

[@milankrishna2550]

Yea, finally the long awaited video is here. Thanks Stefan for your work especially with short lived states. Since you are doing short lived states, can you do one on Free India which existed during the later stages of WW2.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry, for now I have no intentions to cover more on India. I did make an episode about the Free India Legion.

[@truthspeaker7039]

CG for 100k subscribers, you totally deserve it

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks!!

[@bert2530]

Great how you find these topics. Off course I am interested in history, otherwise I wouldn’t be here, and especially the twentieth century, but this was again a unknown topic for me! Thanks 👍🏻

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Bert!

[@markobavdek9450]

Never before heard of this

[@HistoryHustle]

Very obscure topic it is.

[@saintleger858]

Très intéressant sur l'Alsace Lorraine , merci, thanks!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Merci!

[@CalebNorthNorman]

I am reading through the Fernand Braudel Identity of France series. Alsace-Lorraine is like Flanders, I'd say and has always been an area of conflict being an important meeting point of two countries with separate languages dating back to the early middle ages. Very hard for anyone to keep both sides this regions happy at the same time.

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting region for sure.

[@icecoffee1361]

I know my history WELL I thought 💭well done history hustle/ Stefan you schooled me again & I loved it 😊 Merry Christmas 🎄 and a happy new year 🥳

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks. Happy Holidays 👍🏻

[@eliasballafrikh8722]

Absolutely stellar, im glad you hit this subject, not very well known.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Elias.

[@noun67260]

Thank you !

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@ipsylon7297]

That was a really short lived republic. I do not know anyone who knew about. Thank you.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@philipryan25]

Thank you 👍

[@HistoryHustle]

👍👍

[@thechekist2044]

A video on the Bremen Soviet Republic would be interesting because it's mostly forgotten.

[@HistoryHustle]

One day for sure!

[@Artur_M.]

Yet another interesting video. Speaking of finding short-lived states interesting, do you know the channel Ghost Countries? I think you might like it.

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks, Artur. Thanks, I shall look at the channel.

[@xvsj5833]

Nope I haven’t Stephon,(I hope I’m spelling your name correctly) heard about this nugget of history! Thank you for sharing 🤭 Merry Christmas 🎄

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks Jesse. Happy Holidays. Stefan

[@otisfreeman8766]

Really cool history nugget, I did not know.

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@otisfreeman8766]

@@HistoryHustle Funny thing last time you sent me a link to tik, didn't realize i had hit that one a little in the past, a month or so, earlier with too much beer and passed out, watched it this time all the way through, this time. Excellent my friend cheers

[@otisfreeman8766]

@@HistoryHustle Have to add lol

[@Dave_L]

You always cover such interesting subjects. You mention @6:13 that the territory of the German Empire experienced spates of violence after WW1… I assume you are referring to the Spartakus Rebellion, battles in Silesia and so on? Do you have any videos on these German interwar conflicts?

[@HistoryHustle]

Hi Dave, thanks for your reply. I have several interesting vids for your: Spartakus Rebellion (watch out; my oldest video!): kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2XEaoCbo66na9k Greater Poland Uprising: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e56rhYOZgsx-nc0 Silesia Uprisings: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXYfmmfqcmYqbM

[@Dave_L]

History Hustle Terrific, thank you :)

[@lolomumu3145]

Super génial 👍

[@HistoryHustle]

👍👍

[@gibraltersteamboatco888]

C'est très bon. BZ Ant plans for Freistaat Schwenten ?

[@HistoryHustle]

Hahah, hope to travel to Świętno one day.

[@jamesgibbs7872]

Interesting!

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@riotctrl9703]

Same thing happened in Ireland in 1919 with the Limerick Soviet Socialist Republic. Needless to say it also did not last very long - a week no less haha.

[@HistoryHustle]

Never heard of this. Interesting!

[@BangFarang1]

@@HistoryHustle The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of Irish soviets declared between 1919 and 1923.

[@MBP1918]

incredible

[@HistoryHustle]

Yeah..

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

could you talk about the short lived Corsican Republic, that was created in the 1750s? it would be interesting, though I doubt the early modern period is your strong point.

[@HistoryHustle]

If I ever travel there, then yes. For now I have no plans.

[@sirdarklust]

Good video, but I miss the door bell. Can you bring one on your travels?

[@HistoryHustle]

🤣👍

[@michealdaly483]

Limerick ireland also became a soviet state

[@HistoryHustle]

Ok! Didn't know this.

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@HistoryHustle yeah, because Ireland had a considerable amount of communists, specially in the IRA, that fought the British army, when the war of Irish independence started, in fact, one of the leaders of the moviment of Irish independence was himself aligned with Marxist ideas, as his parents were Scottish urban workers.

[@CalebNorthNorman]

Very Cool! I have 2 of my relatives way back from this area.

[@HistoryHustle]

Beautiful region!

[@CalebNorthNorman]

@@HistoryHustle in haven't watched the video but i will on Lunch break soon. Also many congratulations on Max Verstappen winning the F1 championship. It means a great deal and i thank the Dutch 🇳🇱

[@lindaschubert5459]

Have you written any books on the history of Alsace translated into English? I'm an American living in Alsace for about 20 years and find it difficullt to get any information on the subject.

[@HistoryHustle]

Only books that partially treat the subject. See SOURCES.

[@BangFarang1]

After 20 years living in France, you should be able to read history books in French, shouldn't you?

[@julianshepherd2038]

How many of these can you collect? Got to catch em all

[@HistoryHustle]

There is much more to cover haha.

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

Also professor Stefan can you do a video on the Keizer and the years after the war in Huis Doorn? I find it fascinating that to this very day the Dutch government has poured hundreds of thousands of euros into keeping up the estate that research says has stayed relatively untouched and all of his personal belongings, his grave site, and the house have been a museum since the 70s I believe. Also when the Germans occupied the Netherlands right before he died what was that period like for him? Was their tension between him and the Nazis? Or did they still see him as an important figure in German politics and history? How did Hitler feel about the Keizer I wonder?

[@HistoryHustle]

There is much to cover yes! For now check the videos of TIK History and House of History on the topic 👍

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

@@HistoryHustle I will thank you!!!! I hope some day you find the time to do a video lesson at Huis Doorn or just about the topic it really is fascinating and somewhat mysterious in my opinion from what I know about it which really isn’t much!

[@wadesdad2640]

Whaaaaat thats crazy

[@HistoryHustle]

I know!

[@mammuchan8923]

Every time someone speaks about Alsatians I think of the dogs first😂. Thank you Stefan you know we love us some short lived states videos⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@HistoryHustle]

Hahah, I'm a cat person 😂

[@mammuchan8923]

@@HistoryHustle lol yes I am a cat person too, but in SA the Alsatian’s are very popular and no one calls them German Sheperds

[@BangFarang1]

@@mammuchan8923 It's funny that in France itself, we call them German Sheperds. Aren't we proud of them? 😂

[@mammuchan8923]

@@BangFarang1 love all dogs ❤️

[@mathiaspoelman1493]

Eindelijk wordt er wat meer verteld over de malgré-nous (in dit geval die van WO1). Ik snap vaak niet hoe mensen kunnen horen dat streken als Elzas-Lotharingen en Eupen-Malmédy vier keer of meer van land wisselden en zich niet eens afvragen hoe het voor de inwoners geweest moet zijn. Ik heb welgeteld één historische docuserie gezien waarin de situatie van de Duitsers in Eupen belicht werd. Echt zeer weinig...

[@randommadness1021]

Look and see how many times Berwick has changed country in the time it has been around for.

[@mathiaspoelman1493]

@@randommadness1021 Oh yeah, Scotland and England had such a rivalry once. Thanks for pointing out

[@HistoryHustle]

Believed the word of malgré-nous was only about WW2. Soon more on that.

[@mathiaspoelman1493]

@@HistoryHustle It only is about WW2, but I don't really know a correct term for similar people from WW1 or other countries. I cannot wait for the next video though!

[@soulsey]

Can you make a video about how the German revolutions of 1848 effected France's Alsace Lorraine? My ancestors fled the region for America in the aftermath.

[@HistoryHustle]

Perhaps one day.

[@BHuang92]

Never knew the Cross of Loraine was used twice in a flag!

[@HistoryHustle]

It was..

[@raphlvlogs271]

is Alsace-Lorraine a mixture of German and French elements?

[@HistoryHustle]

I'd say yes.

[@nerozero8266]

👍

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@ShubhamMishrabro]

German revolution 1918 video please? 🙏

[@HistoryHustle]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYO1f4mGlLx3m9k

[@mikekensington1705]

So who were the leaders of this Alsace Soviet?

[@deathstrack]

Very niche topic

[@HistoryHustle]

Indeed 👍

[@valentinstoyanov304]

A Soviet republic with a cross on its flag.

[@HistoryHustle]

yes

[@luisangel2842]

This reminds me of the Donetsk Republic

[@HistoryHustle]

Ah yes.

[@hubby00n6]

Any episode about the expulsion of all german and half germans even born in the region and talking alsacian were violently expulsed by the french! Also the Malaise alsacien ocuured and also the fact they were never granted a free vote to decide of their faith as Sønder jylland was able to do!

[@HistoryHustle]

Made an episode about expulsions of Germans after WW2.

[@hubby00n6]

@@HistoryHustle great, but the period was quite different. Some of our local historians are saying that the expulsion during 1919 to 1924 inspired A. Hitler to do the same. Very good book about this is Bernard Wittmann Epuration ethnique à la française !

[@thomasdg9595]

Interesting History! I hope one day you wil talk about the short living French Governement of France in the Sigmaringen Enclave where the last members of the Vichy Regime led a grotesque puppet French State in Southern Germany in en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmaringen_enclave

[@HistoryHustle]

Would be interesting yes. Thanks 👍

[@thomasdg9595]

@@HistoryHustle Thanks, this puppet enclave was led by the worst members of a regime which was already a puppet governement and which had eventually nothing to govern during its last months.... It was litteraly pathetic...

[@helmhamerhand733]

Striking (see what i did there) that there where 2 short lived Communist states in France (the Paris Commune being the first).

[@HistoryHustle]

True! Hope to cover that one too one day.

[@ansosboy8687]

Why this flag 🇮🇩🇲🇨so popular 😳😳😳

[@HistoryHustle]

Yeah I guess.

[@therealjoediaz]

100k! 100k1

[@HistoryHustle]

😁😁😁

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

cue the internationale, guys!

[@HistoryHustle]

🎶

[@ahh613]

"Short-lived" is derived from "life", not from "live". It should be pronounced: /layvd/, not /livd/.

[@HistoryHustle]

Nope, it's the way how I pronounce it. I'm sure of it.

[@BangFarang1]

"Short-lived" is the past tense of the verb "to short-live".

[@BangFarang1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4PCo2qpacuVqJI

[@alswann2702]

Hurrah for the Stars and Bars!

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@raphlvlogs271]

the MAGA slogan of Germany: Make Alsace-Lorraine German Again

[@HistoryHustle]

Dunno how many Germans today think this.

[@hakon_brennus_wolff106]

If only all communist states were this short-lived.

[@HistoryHustle]

If only...

[@joshuddin897]

Alsace Lorraine will always be german.

[@HistoryHustle]

It's now part of France.

[@randommadness1021]

I never knew the French fought in WWI

[@woooof_]

Yeah pretty nichè fact.

[@randommadness1021]

@@woooof_ 😉😁

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

of course, they beared the brunt of having half of their territory occupied by German troops.

[@Serendip98]

??? 1.45 million died, and 1.90 millions were wounded... You can hardly find a place in France without a long list of soldiers "morts pour la France". It was a national catastrophe.