Rise of political extremism Flashcards
What did both the far left and far right set up
Paramilitary squads
What became the norm on the streets
Violence
What did the spartacist uprising do
Staged an armed uprising in Berlin to overthrow Ebert’s government and set up a revolutionary communist regime.
What was the issue with the spartacist uprising
Poorly supported and poorly prepared
Who shut down the spartacist uprising
Groener sent the Freikorps
When did the spartacist uprising end
13th January 1919
Who/ what were the KPD influenced by
1917 Russian revolution
What was the issue with the threat from the KPD
Lacked the proper support or determination
What did right wing extremists not believe in
Democracy
What was a limitation of the right wing threat
All wanted different things e.g. some wanted the kaiser, some wanted monarchy and some just wanted old traditional values
When was the Kapp Putsch
March 1920
Why did the Kapp Putsch start/ come around
Noske asked Luttwitz to disband 2 freikorp units following on from the implementation of Versailles. Luttwitz refused so they called for his arrest however, he decided to march his troops to Berlin in protest and gained support from sympathetic officers.
Where does the name Kapp Putsch come from
Wolfgang Kapp, a right wing civil servant, gave his support and wanted to create a putsch
Was was Ebert forced to do in relation to the Kapp Putsch
He was forced to retreat to Dresden
What was the armies response to the Kapp Putsch
They refused to crush it
What were some issues with the Kapp Putsch
Failed to gain widespread support and the putsch collapsed after 4 days due to Berlin being at a standstill
What were some lessons learnt from the putsch
Army cannot be trusted, civil servants could be disloyal, workers can be a great force of power and weimar was weak without the army
Who conducted the political assassinations
Right wing nationalists
Who was the target of the political assassinations
The prominent politicians and those associated with the betrayal of Germany
Between 1919 and 1923 how many political assassinations were there
376
How many of the 376 assasinations were carried out by right wing extremists
354
How many of the 326 right wing extremists received punishment for the assassinations
none
How many of the 376 assassinations were carried out by left wing extremists
22
How many of the 22 extremists from the left wing side received punishment for the assassinations
10, they were executed
Who were some political leaders that were assassinated
Rathenau, Ezberger and Hasse
