Right Wing Threats

Question 1

When was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

What 3 people were involved in the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 2

Gustav Noske, Von Luttwitz, Wolfgang Kapp

Question 3

Who was Gustav Noske

Answer 3

Leading Spd member, minister of defence, responsible for freikorps

Question 4

Who was luttwitz?

Answer 4

War general, commander in chief of army, directly in charge of freikorps

Question 5

Who was Kapp

Answer 5

Civil servant, reichstag deputy ( like an np)

Question 6

What should’ve been disbanded?

Answer 6

The freikorps (12000)

Question 7

Who refused to disband the freikorps?

Answer 7

Luttwitz

Question 8

What happened after luttwitz refused?

Answer 8

Government orders his arrest, so he marches into berlin for 12 miles

Question 9

Who supported Luttwitz?

Answer 9

Ludendorff and von seeckt

Question 10

How long did luttwitz and kapp have control for?

Answer 10

4 days

Question 11

Hans Von Seeckt quote

Answer 11

“Troops do not fire on troops”

Question 12

What was the problem with the Kapp putsch?

Answer 12

Situation seemed dangerous, no widespread support even in the right, civil servants and bankers were hostile

Question 13

Who called a general strike during kapp

Answer 13

Trade unions who liked ebert

Question 14

What happens within my 4 days of Kapp

Answer 14

Berlin brought to standstill, so putsch collapsed, kapp and luttwitz flee, ebert gov returns

Question 15

What happened to littwitz after the Kapp putsch?

Answer 15

Allowed to retire on full pension , should be arrested

Question 16

When was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 16

Nov 1924

Question 17

What did hitler want for the Munich Putsch?

Answer 17

Power, knew he needed support from powerful people

Question 18

What people were involved in the Munich putsch?

Answer 18

Hitler, Ludendorff, Von Kahr, Von Lossow

Question 19

Preparation of the munich putsch

Answer 19

Beer hall, 2000 SA (fighters for Hitler, but not yet nazis), get 2 politicians to agree to support the right wing coup attempt

Question 20

What happened at the beginning of Munich

Answer 20

March to Berlin , aim to install Ludendorff as c in c, but needed to over run army

Question 21

What happened at the end of Munich

Answer 21

Linked arms, Hitler dislocated his shoulder and flees, Ludendorff arrested

Question 22

Outcomes of Munich

Answer 22

NSDAP party banned , Hitler imprisoned and banned form public speaking until 1927 so he writes his book

Question 23

Total political assassinations

Answer 23

376

Question 24

Left wing assassinations total + how many sentenced to death

Answer 24

22 , 10

Question 25

Total right wing assassinations, how many went without punishment

Answer 25

354, 326

Question 26

What 2 important people were assassinated

Answer 26

Matthias Erzberger,Walther Rathenau

Question 27

When was erzberger assassinated

Answer 27

August 1921

Question 28

When was Rathenau assassinated

Answer 28

June 1922

Question 29

Who was erzberger

Answer 29

Former finance minister, led delegation who signed Versailles and representative on reparations committee

Question 30

How was erzberger killed

Answer 30

By 2 members of organisation council in Black Forest, wounded by gunshot earlier in that year

Question 31

What did erzbergers wife receive after he was killed

Answer 31

Threats to defile his grave

Question 32

Who was Rathenau

Answer 32

Foreign minister, Jew, signed armistice including negotiations with allies

Question 33

How was Rathenau killed

Answer 33

4 assassins from organisation council shot him and three hand grenade

Question 34

What proves that Rathenau was popular

Answer 34

700k protesters against killings in Berlin

Question 35

How were Rathenaus killers punished

Answer 35

Average of 4 years in prison

Question 36

When was the law for the protection of the republic passed

Answer 36

1922

Question 37

What was in the law for the protection of the republic

Answer 37

Severe punishments for conspiracy and murder, with bans for extremists, organisation council forced to disband

Question 38

Negative outcomes of the law for the protection of the republic

Answer 38

Judges right wing so refuse to uphold law, bavaria refused to implement so nazis rise