Revolution 1918-1919 - Proclamation Of Republic Flashcards
Who is Philipp Scheidemann
Member of SPD who declared the republic
Who is Karl Liebknecht
Communist from the Spartacist League who declared a Soviet republic
Why was Ebert angry
He wanted people to choose a monarchy or republic not for it to be declared
What was Ebert scared of
Communism, workers groups claimed power and different types of governments were forming
What was the Ebert - Groener pact
10th of Nov 1918 Ebert called Groener (successor of Ludendorff)
Both feared communism so agreed to a secret deal to have army support new gov in exchange for maintaining officers authority
Why did they keep the pact a secret
Ebert - believed he would be seen as selling out his ideals
Groener - didn’t support some changes but believed it was to stop communism
Why is it argued it wasn’t a genuine revolution
Army continued to support gov stopping Soviet style revolution
Countries elite were largely unaffected
Ruth Henig
For Ebert aim was to stabilise political situation sufficiently to enable elections as soon as possible. Groener surmised Ebert was anxious as needed armies support
A.J. Nicholas
For Ebert problem of maintaining order and disapline in the army was more serious than need to build up supporters of socialism
