Spartacist Uprising Flashcards
What were politicians afraid of and why
Assassination, 1919-23 376 political assassinations took place
Who committed the vast majority of these assassinations
Those on extreme right
Where did some assassinations take place
In public on the streets
What happened to those who were caught and why
Given light sentences as judges were generally sympathetic to the sentiments of the assassins
When SU
12th Jan 1919
How many Spartacists rebelled and who were the leaders
50k
Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Leibknecht
Why did they revolt in the first place
Protesting against the Weimar government in an attempt to create a communist state
Describe what happened in the revolt
Spartacists took over the government’s newspaper and telegraph bureau and tried to organise a general strike in Berlin
How was the revolt put to an end and result
Weimar government turned to Freikorps
100 of protesters were murdered including the leaders whose bodies were dumped in a canal
