Chapter 4- Political instability and Extremism Flashcards
Problems with a coalition government
Within the government, there are party divisions
in times of crisis, left and right gained more support. this led to coalition vs left vs right. nom majority in RS
Sparticists uprising
led by Liebknecht and Luxemburg
uprising in Berlin to overthrow Ebert’s government and set up a communist regime
poorly prepared and poorly supported
Crushed by the Freikorps
Liebknecht and Luxemburg (body thrown in the canal) executed
Freikorps
Ex-soldiers recruited by general Groener
Supported with uniforms and weapons
not formally part of the army
they were brutal and not hindered by the rules of war
Kapp Putsch
1920 led by Wolfgang Kappa
12000 freikorps marched into Berlinand forced the government out
this was because they opposed the Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic’s democratic rule
Consul Organisation
An ultra-nationalist paramilitary group of ex-freikorps after their units were disbanded from Kapp Putsch
Hasse assassination
Early victim of organisation Consul
Shot in front of Reichstag and died from his wounds in Nov 1919
Rathenau assassination
June 1922
Open top car-grenade and shot
this was because he was Jewish and leading a republican government
He signed the armistice
Value of the Mark fell as a repercussion
Erzberger assassination
August 1921
assassinated in Black Forest by two consul organisation members
He helped negotiate reparations
after his death, his wife was abused
Political impact of the French occupation of the Ruhr
Communists tried to use it as an excuse for uprisings in certain areas
After to end of Passive resistance, the right felt betrayed by the government
led to NSDAP trying to overthrow the republican govt in 1923
November criminals
what the far right wing people called the officials who signed the TOV and the armistice
Stormtroopers (SA)
the para-military wing of the Nazi party
they were given the job of beating up the nazis opponents
they wore brown shirts
Beer Hall Putsch
1923
Hitler and NSDAP attempted a revolution in Munich
Hitler and Ludendorff has lenient sentences
Hitler received publicity
Stahlhelm
Far right paramilitary group
like the freikorps
worked for far right parties and helped out the nazis
eventually absorbed into the SA
Gustav Von Kahr
Right wing politician
District president of upper Bavaria
Involved in BHP
General Von Lossow
Leader of Bavarian Army and a German army officer
Significant roll in BHP
