Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Political Opposition- Weimar
Germany
- Spartacist Uprising
- Karl Liebknicht + Rosa Luxembourg
- January 1919
- 50,000 spartacists took part
- Put down by Freikorps and the Army
- Luxembourg + Liebknicht shot dead on January 15th
- Red Rising in the Ruhr
- Communist workers formed the 'Red Army'
- 1920
- Workers in the Ruhr went on strike
- Ebert sent in the Army, but needed help from the Freikorps
- The revolt was put down through the assistance of the Freikorps
- Kapp Putsch
- March 1920
- Led by Dr Kapp and the Freikorps
- 5,000 participants
- Wanted to regain lost land + rebuild military strength.
- Kapp made himself head of the Berlin state.
- Army refused to fire on the Freikorps (Their fellow ex-soldiers)
- Ebert told the Berliners to stop
working; Berlin came to a standstill.
- Kapp had no resources, and was overthrown.
- Munich Putsch
- March 1923
- Led by Hitler, General Ludendorff, and had 3,000 SA
supporters
- After the hyperinflation, Hitler was
confident his putsch would succeed
- Prices were still high, and Hitler felt that Weimar
had caved to the French, after Passive Resistance
was called off.
- Hitler forced Bavaria's leader; VON KAHR; to support him.
- Von Kahr withdrew his support at the last minute.
- Hitler marched through Munich, despite the loss of Von Kahr's support
- The Nazis were met by the police, who had been tipped off.
- A battle broke out, and 16 Nazis were killed.
- Hitler + Ludendorff escaped the battle, but were later
caught and tried.
- Hitler served only 9 months instead of 5 years.
- POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS
- JUNE 1922
- Popular Foreign Minister, Walter
Rathenau, was killed by the Right
Wing. He signed the TOV.
- LEFT WING
- 22 Murders
- 10 convicted with death sentence
- 17 given severe punishments
- RIGHT WING
- 354 Murders
- 326 unpunished
- None convicted with
death sentence
- 1 Given a severe punishment