WI: Rosa Luxemburg survives?

As the title says. Rosa Luxemburg was a German communist political leader and philosopher who ended up killed after the German Revolution was put down, and she was discovered and murdered by German Freikrops troops shortly afterwards.

It should perhaps be noted she thought the revolution was a huge mistake initially, but supported it once it was underway. Either successfully disassociating herself from it (unlikely) or merely a successful escape seems like the most likely PODs for her to survive.
 

Perkeo

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As the title says. Rosa Luxemburg was a German communist political leader and philosopher who ended up killed after the German Revolution was put down, and she was discovered and murdered by German Freikrops troops shortly afterwards.

It should perhaps be noted she thought the revolution was a huge mistake initially, but supported it once it was underway. Either successfully disassociating herself from it (unlikely) or merely a successful escape seems like the most likely PODs for her to survive.

Her place in the history books would be a lot smaller than IOTL. I cannot imagine any significant change except that she would do some things that other communists did IOTL and the removal of the martyr worship. It may butterfly Germany to become communist rather than facist in 1933, but then Rosa Luxemburg will be to old to stand in the first line of any communist regime.
 
If Luxemburg survives, and moves to a more KAPD / AAUD-A/E position, this fundamentally delegitimises the KPD position, and problematises the RSDLP(b) position within the III internationale.
 
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