The Spartacist Rising-1919 Flashcards
Who was involved? Who were they set up by?
The Spartacist League- a communist group set up by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
Why did the Spartacists want a full scale Communist revolution like the recent Russian Revolution of 1917?
They didn’t trust the government and thought that Ebert would not improve the lives of working people
What happened in January 1919 which the Spartacists tried to turn into a revolution?
Workers were protesting throughout Germany
What did they take over?
Government’s newspaper and telegraph headquarters
What did they hope would happened which didn’t?
That protestors would join them and take over other buildings
Who ordered the army to stop the uprising?
The government
Who was the army helped by? And what were they?
Units of the Freikorps - ex-soldiers who were anti-communist
How many people were killed in the fighting?
100 workers
Why was it not successful? 4 reasons
- badly planned
- don’t get support
- Rosa Luxemburg was captured by the Freikorps and shot
- Karl Liebknecht was murdered
