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Show The abdication of the emperor of Germany was announced November 9, 1918. The self-constituted council of people's commissioners took over the government and( declared the existing imperial parliament dissolved and proclaimed pro-claimed the republic. A call was Issued Is-sued for the election of a national assembly. as-sembly. It met at Weimar February 6, 1919, and elected Friedrich Ebert president of the republic on February 11. The national assembly adopted a constitution July 31, 1919. |