Political Uprisings

Question 1

How many political assassinations took place between 1919-1922?

Who died?

Answer 1

376 political murders

• Hugo Haase, one of Ebert’s Council of People’s Representatives, killed in 191
• Matthias Erzberger, signed the surrender of Germany in 1918, killed in 1921
• Walther Rathenau, the Weimar minister who signed the treaty of Versailles, killed in 1922

Question 2

Political revolts/uprisings: January 1919

Answer 2

The Spartacist Uprising in Berlin

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Question 3

Political revolts/uprisings: Spring 1919

Answer 3

Raterepublic, Munich took over (mostly Jews)

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Question 4

Political revolts/uprisings: March 1920

Answer 4

Uprising in the Ruhr

The Kapp Putsch in Berlin

Question 5

Political revolts/uprisings: April 1920

Answer 5

Communist rising in Saxony

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Question 6

Political revolts/uprisings: October 1923

Answer 6

Communist uprising in Hamburg

Black Reichswehr (paramilitary/ex-soldiers)

Question 7

Political revolts/uprisings: November 1923

Answer 7

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The Beer Hall Putsch (Munich)

Question 8

How did Ebert try build support (1919-1920)?

Answer 8

• General Groner, head of army/no army reform
• Hugo Stinnes, leader of industrialists and big businesses, told no nationalisation
• Karl Legien, trade union leader, maximum 8 hr working day

Question 9

What were the following?

Answer 9

Rotfrontkampfer - red front fighters (left)

Stahlhelm - steel helmets (right)

Both were private armies made up of unemployed ex-soldiers