Riots and Rebellions - Weimar Republic (Germany) *The Years of Unrest*
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- Riots and Rebellions
- Left - Wing Revolution
- Jan 1919 - communists tried to take over Berlin.
- Karl Liebknecht
- Rosa Luxemburg
- They took control of important buildings.
- Newspaper headquarters
- 50,000 workers went on strike in support of the revolution.
- Ebert asked for help from Friekorps.
- Ebert asked the Freikorps to stop the revolution. Friekorps: Ex - German soldiers. Used violence which caused a split on the left between Social Democracy Party and the communists.
- 100 workers killed.
- Jan 1919 - communists tried to take over Berlin.
- Right - Wing Rebellion against the Weimar Government
- March 1920, Friekorps took part in Kapp Putch (Revolt)
- They wanted to create a new right - wing government
- Freikorps marched into Berlin to overthrow the Weimar regime
- Berlin was paralysed abd Kapp was forced to give up!
- German workers opposed the Putsch and staged a general strike.
- In 1922, some former Friekorps members assassinated Walter Rathenau (Jewish and foreign minister)
- March 1920, Friekorps took part in Kapp Putch (Revolt)
- Left - Wing Revolution
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