--- title: 'Die rote Fahne, Nr. 1, 9 November 1918: "Berlin unter der roten Fahne"' url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/die-rote-fahne-berlin-unter-der-roten-fahne-1918/ description: Front page headed "Berlin unter der roten Fahne" (Berlin under the red flag), with a deck on the storming of police headquarters and red flags at the… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Die rote Fahne, Nr. 1, 9 November 1918: "Berlin unter der roten Fahne"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/die-rote-fahne-berlin-unter-der-roten-fahne-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/die-rote-fahne-berlin-unter-der-roten-fahne-1918.jpg) # Die rote Fahne, Nr. 1, 9 November 1918: "Berlin unter der roten Fahne" Front page headed "Berlin unter der roten Fahne" (Berlin under the red flag), with a deck on the storming of police headquarters and red flags at the palace. The tells: the headline puts a whole city under one banner while the text says councils held key sites, and the masthead keeps the occupied Lokal-Anzeiger's name, "2. Abend-Ausgabe" and Scherl imprint. ## Text on the object Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` 9. November 1918 – Nr. 1 Preis 10 Pfennig Die rote Fahne Ehemaliger Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger – 2. Abend-Ausgabe Verlag August Scherl G. m. b. H., Berlin SW 68, Zimmerstr. 35-41. – Fernsprecher: Amt Zentrum 9001 bis 9029. – Telegramme: Scherlverlag. Berlin unter der roten Fahne. Polizeipräsidium gestürmt. – 650 Gefangene befreit. – Rote Fahnen am Schloß. Die Redaktion des „Berliner Lokal-Anzeigers" ist von Vertretern des revolutionären Volkes (Spartakus-Gruppe) besetzt. Die Redaktionsführung ist damit an die Leitung der Genossen übergegangen. Mit rasender Wucht rollt sich die Entwicklung der Ereignisse nun auch in Berlin ab. Seit heute vormittag sind fast alle Stellen, die für den Verkehr, die Verwaltung und die Sicherheit der Stadt wichtig sind, in den Händen der Arbeiter- und Soldatenräte und ihrer Beauftragten. [...] Rote Fahnen am Schloß. [...] Der Sturm auf das Polizei-Präsidium. [...] „Es wird nicht geschossen!" Der Reichskanzler hat angeordnet, daß seitens des Militärs von der Waffe kein Gebrauch gemacht werde. [...] ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` 9 November 1918 – No. 1 Price 10 pfennigs The Red Flag Formerly Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger – 2nd evening edition Publisher August Scherl G. m. b. H., Berlin SW 68, Zimmerstr. 35-41. – Telephone: Amt Zentrum 9001 to 9029. – Telegrams: Scherlverlag. Berlin under the red flag. Police headquarters stormed. – 650 prisoners freed. – Red flags at the palace. The editorial office of the "Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger" has been occupied by representatives of the revolutionary people (Spartakus group). Editorial direction has thereby passed to the leadership of the comrades. With furious force the course of events is now also unrolling in Berlin. Since this morning almost all the places that are important for traffic, administration and the security of the city are in the hands of the workers' and soldiers' councils and their delegates. [...] Red flags at the palace. [...] The storming of police headquarters. [...] "There will be no shooting!" The Reich Chancellor has ordered that the military make no use of weapons. [...] ``` Only masthead, headlines and the passages quoted are transcribed; [...] marks text skipped. Fraktur read from the 1280 px downsample, not the full-resolution scan; translation is literal, machine-made, and not checked by a fluent reader. 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