Karl Retzlaw (10 February 1896 – 20 June 1979) was a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party, Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany and Communist Party of Germany.
Retzlaff, less commonly Retzlaw, is a surname. Although mainly found in German-speaking countries, it is derived from Slavic personal names Radoslav or Ratislav. [1 ] Notable people with the surname include:
The Volksmarinedivision (People's Navy Division) was an armed unit formed on 11 November 1918 during the November Revolution that broke out in Germany following its defeat in World War I.
As the first party chairman of the KPD in Bavaria, he was in April 1919 one of the protagonists of the Bavarian Soviet Republic that emerged in the wake of the German November Revolution of 1918.