Weimar Government + Opposition Flashcards
How many right wing assassinations were there between 1919 and 1923?
354
How many left wing assassinations were there in this period?
22
When was the spartacist rebellion? Where was the 2nd rising?
1919
Berlin
What was set up in Bavaria and what was made in Munich
Bavaria a communist government, and in Munich = a republic of workers soviets
Wave of strikes in…
How many striking workers killed in Berlin ‘19
How many in Bavaria
Halle and Ruhr
1200 Berlin
700 Bavaria
March 1920 there was a
General Strike - red army of 50000 workers civil war against army + freikorp
Struggles in …
How many killed?
Halle and Dresden
1000 workers
250 police + army
In 1920 what 2 parties joined?
USPD and KPD = ^ confidence
‘21 attempted communist rising in…
and strikes in …
Saxony
Hamburg and Ruhr
What people were anti-republican?
freikorp, army, large landowners, industrialists, civil servants, police and judges.
Who took part in Kapp Putsch?
Luttwitz, freikorp leader, sympathetic officers, and Wolfgang Kapp
What general told Ebert that reichswehr do not fire on other reichswehr.
General Von Seeckt
How long the ‘20 General Strike last for ?
4 days
Lessons of Kapp Putsch?
Army not trusted, workers showed power, and without army, Weimar are weak.
What did the judges do in the aftermath of the Kapp Putsch?
Lenient to those brought to trail - only 1 punished - contrasted strongly with left wing punishment and suggested gov not in control.
Why did the right organise themselves into leagues ?
Eliminate prominent politicians associated with the betrayal of Germany
What were these leagues called?
Patriotic Leagues
Who was killed by the right wing patriotic leagues?
Hugo Haase in 1919
Finance Minister Mathew Erzberger in 1921
Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau in 1922
What law did the reichstag pass in 1922 to fight these leagues? What did it do?
“For the Protection of the Republic”
Severe penalties on those involved. Outlawed extremist organisations and Organisation Consul was disbanded.
Why did the law have limited effect?
Leniency by right wing judges, the conservative Bavarian government didn’t even implement it!
Out of the right wing murderers how many went unpunished?
326
The right and left were … among themselves and too.. to produce …
The right and left were divided among themselves and too weak to produce a viable political alternative.
How many governments were there in the first 4 years of Government?
8
