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Nice illustration! First of all, we can identify the location of the riot: Berlin Alexanderplatz. The context: the Spartacist uprising and the murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Here's what the New York Times has to say about the sanguinary incident: HEAR EICHHORN FLEES, DESERTED BY GUARDS; Tide Turned Against Spartacides When They Lost a Battle for the Foreign Office. LONDON, Jan. 10.--The elimination of Eichhorn, the Spartacide police chief, whose refusal to resign led to the present revolution in Berlin, may be an accomplished fact. A Zurich report received here says that he has fled from Berlin, while a report from Frankfort says that Herr Richler, a municipal councillor and a majority Socialist, has been appointed temporary head of the Berlin police. select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20F11F639551173...

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More info on the Battle for Berlin and this particular incident at www.historicaleye.com/bloodhounds.html (which is linked to from the Wikipedia article on the Spartacist uprising)

Semper Fi, from 1stMardiv, Da Nang!

This is apparently the photo described in Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs (1919): "76408. Captured ringleaders of the Tomsk Government. Bolshevik government heads who were imprisoned by the Czechs at Ekaterinburg, Russia. Left to right are shown the secretary who promoted Bolshevik propaganda, the town commissaire, and the chief justice. The girl stenographer is also shown. They have all been executed. 1918. " books.google.com/books?id=DJZDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA577#v=sni...

Thank you Art Siegel. We will add the information from the Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs caption to our description when we update.

The sun., April 20, 1919, Section 5 Pictorial Review, Image 56 printed this photo with the caption: "Ringleaders of the Bolshevik plot in the Tomsk Government in Russia who were imprisoned by the Czechs at Ekaterinburg. The photograph was taken shortly before they were executed for spreading Bolshevist propaganda." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-04-20/ed-...

Another (cropped) publication, in Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 7, April 18, 1919: " BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT HEADS WHO WERE EXECUTED TWENTY-FOUR PICTURE WAS TAKEN These are the captured ringleaders of the Tomsk government. They are bolshevik government heads who were imprisoned by the Czechs at Ekaterinburg, Russia. The four principals in the foreground are (from left to light) the secretary who promoted Bolshevik propaganda, the town commisaire and the girl stenographer, while immediately above her to the right is the chief Justice. The entire quartet were executed 24 hours after this picture was taken. " oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1919-04-18/ed-1/se...