President Friedrich Ebert Memorial
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The
President Friedrich Ebert Foundation Memorial (Stiftung Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte) in
Heidelberg is a non-partisan foundation financed by the German Federal Government. It commemorates the life and work of
Friedrich Ebert, who was born in the house on 4 February 1871. From humble origins, he became a member of the
Social Democratic Party of Germany and was finally elected as the first
German democratic head of state in 1919. Faced with extreme internal and external pressures, he prepared the way for parliamentary democracy in Germany after the end of
World War I. In these years he preserved national unity and made a vital contribution to the creation of a social and democratic republic.
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