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Uprising's against the Weimar Republic Flashcards

1
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When did the Sparticists form a political party, what sparked revolt?

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1st January 1919 - KPD

- Wanted to stop the National Assembly

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What was the underlying tension of the leaders of the KPD?

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Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

- Denied being allowed to speak at the first congress of workers and soviets in Berlin, December 1918

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When did the Sparticist revolt begin and what did they manage to achieve?

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5th January 1919

- Take over of some newspaper offices

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How was the Sparticist revolt put down?

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  • Reichswehr intervened
  • Freikorps led by Walther Von Lüttwitz
  • Liebknecht and Luxembourg murdered by the horse guard division
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What were results and features of the Jan 1919 election?

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  • 6th Feb met at Weimar due to high tension in Berlin
  • SPD 165 seats
  • Centre Party 95 seats
  • Coalition of SPD, Centre Party, DDP
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What was the Bavarian uprising in 1919?

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  • 7th April the USPD declare a soviet republic
  • After demise of Kurt Eisner
  • SPD left Munich due to high tensions
  • 9th April a communist republic declared in Munich
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How was the Bavarian uprising put down?

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May 1919

  • Put down by Freikorps
  • ‘The White Terror’
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What was the ‘Red Army of the Ruhr’

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  • 1920, army of 50,000 - 80,000 left wing workers
  • In response to the Kapp Putsch
  • Put down by Freikorps and Reichswehr
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When did armed miners in Mansfield go on strike and how was this dealt with?

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March 1921

- Police put this down

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What laws allowed for uprisings from the right to be treated with such leniency?

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Article 129 - No reform of the civil service

Article 54 - Judiciary

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Stats that show the leniency towards the right?

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1919-22

  • 354 murders on the right, 326 unpunished, 0 sentenced to death
  • 22 murders on the left, 10 put to death, 17 on severe punishment
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What triggered the Kapp Putsch?

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  • Affirmation of the Treaty of Versailles

- 2 brigades of the Reichswehr were called to be disbanded

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When did the Kapp Putsch start, who led it and what did they do?

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March 1920

  • Led by Wolfgang Kapp and General Lüttwitz, backed up by Eric Luderndorff
  • 12,000 troops marched on Berlin
  • Government fled to Stuttgart
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Why did the army refuse to put down the Kapp Putsch?

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General Von Seekt
“Troops do not fire on troops”
- Did not value the Ebert-Groner pact

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Why did the Kapp Putsch fail?

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  • Trade Unions called a general strike, Putsch fails after 4 days
  • The people wanted an SPD Government
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What was the aftermath of the Kapp Putsch?

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  • 705 put on trial, 1 found guilty
  • Kapp died awaiting trial
  • General Von Seekt given promotion to Chief of Army Police to put down the left
17
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What initiated the Munich Putsch?

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8th November 1923

  • Hitler storms a Beer Cellar and makes a speech
  • Puts pressure on Otto Von Lossow and Gustav Von Kahr for support
  • 2,000 right wing supporters were present
  • Luderndorff encourages Hitler
18
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What were the conflicting views of the leaders of the Munich Putsch?

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  • Von Lossow and Von Kahr wanted an independent Bavaria

- Hitler wanted a greater Germany

19
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What are the storm troopers doing during the Beer Hall talks?

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  • Seizing members of Bavarian Government
  • Terrorising opponents
  • Failed to gain control of the army barracks
20
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When does the Munich Putsch get into full effect?

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9th November 1923

  • Ebert declares a state of emergency
  • Von Seekt orders Lossow to crush the revolt
  • Lossow and Kahr denounce the Putsch
  • Ludendorff convinces Hitler to carry on
21
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What encounter do the Nazi’s have with the police during the Munich Putsch?

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  • At noon 2,000 armed Nazis march into a military base in Munich
  • Shots are fired between Bavarian Soldiers and armed police
  • 14 Nazi’s killed
22
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What is the aftermath of the Munich Putsch?

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11th November
- Hitler arrested
- Seeckt bans the Nazi’s
Feb 1924
- Hitlers gains popularity at his trial and gains support
- He gets minimum sentence of 5 years in Landberg prison

23
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What does Hitler do whilst in Prison and when is he released

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  • He dictates Mein Kampf
  • He is released in just 9 months
  • 24th December 1924 Hitlers is released as the Nazis nearly disintegrate
24
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What was Kurt Eisners Bavarian Uprising?

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  • 8th November 1918
  • He had formed a council of workers, soldier and peasants which deposed Wittelsbachs
  • Proclaimed the Bavarian Democratic and Socialist Republic
25
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When did Soldiers kill Sparticists?

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6th December 1918

- Sparticist demonstrates shot

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