Opposition To The Weimar Republic Flashcards
what was the spartacist uprising in 1919?
Spartacists founded KPD in 1918, demonstration in Berlin formed of USPD, KPD and local union officials, thousands of armed workers demonstrated in the centre of Berlin important buildings were taken once, the KPD and USPD called a general strike which half a million responded to
why did the Spartacus uprising happen?
after a power struggle of the KPD and SPD the KPD needed an uprising to meed the aims of a workers’ revolution. a radical USPD member was disbanded as police chief brining the gov into open conflict with the workers’ council and unions sparking the uprising
how did the government respond to the Spartacist uprising?
Freikorps put it down leading to their surrender, 156 civs and 17 Freikorps died and the leaders were executed
what was the Kapp Putch 1920?
attempt to overthrow gov by Wolfgana Japp and Freikorps leaders. support of Ludendorff. took over Berlin causing the gov to flee and took over the Gov
why did the Kapp Putch happen?
wanted to restore empire and overturn the Treaty of Versailles. wanted an authoritarian gov with the old imperial system
how did the government respond to the Kapp putch?
in November Ebert made the Stinnes-Legien agreement was made with trade unions for their support in exchange for Ebert to make laws on work hours. the trade unions called a general strike and after 4 days the Kapp gov fell
what was the red rising?
communist Govs were set up in Bavaria, the Ruhr, Saxony and Thuringia I=in attempt to take control
what were the political assassinations?
367 political assassination between 1919 and 1922 on both sides of politics.
what caused the red rising and political assassinations?
gov opposed by extremist groups for reasons such as treaty of versailles and its democracy as well as an indecisive gov and leader. a lot of assassinations was from the Organisation Consul formed of a unit of Freikorps which was disbanded after the Kapp Putch
how did the government respond to the red risings?
not enough support and put down by the army
how did the government respond to the political assassinations?
those involved were trialed under the judicial system. of the 354 murderers on the right 326 went free with one life sentence and a total of 90 years in prison. of the 22 on the left there were 10 death sentences, 3 life sentences and a total of 250 years in prison
the was the Munich (beer hall) putch 1923?
the SA surrounded a beer hall in Munich. Hitler announced the gov of Bavaria had been overthrown and the he and Ludendorff were forming a new gov. He locked von KArr and his officials in a room who were in a meeting when the entered
why did the Munich Putch happen?
to take advantage of the unpopular Weimar gov after its crisis when it was weak. with Ludendorff Hitler was confident the army would follow. in 1923 the party grew fro 6,000 to 55,000 members. in 1922 Mussolini had taken the gov of Italy by marching on Rome and Hitler aimed to replicate this.
how did the government respond to the Munich putch?
Hitler’s political prisoners escaped and organised a resistance. the nazis were defeated and arrested by police as the marched through Munich. Hitler was trialled for treason and received a 5 year prison sentence, the NSDAP was disbanded until 1925. Hitler was released after 9 months
