Confusing and chaotic - people were starving, people hated the November Criminals and the Freikorps refused to disband and thus formed private armies
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What are some examples of violence in Weimar Germany?
Nationalist terrorism (356 government politicians assassinated), the Spartacist revolt and the Kapp Putsch
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Describe the spartacist rebellion:
Led by communists Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht who wanted a Russian-style communist government. Rebelled in Berlin 1919. Freikorps ordered by government to arrest and kill the spartacists
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Describe the Kapp Putsch:
Rebellion to overthrow the government in 1920. Freikorps refused to attack as they believed in the cause. Germans went on strike and therefore the revolution could not happen.
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What chain of events was set off in 1923 when the Germans could not pay their reparations? (Chronological)
French invasion of the Ruhr, general strike, hyperinflation, multiple communist rebellions, Munich Putsch
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Why did the nationalist terrorists get away with light sentences, or no punishment at all?
The judges preferred the Kaiser's government, therefore did not want to punish those who killed the Weimar government politicians
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What are some examples of violence in Weimar Germany?
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Nationalist terrorism (356 government politicians assassinated), the Spartacist revolt and the Kapp Putsch
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What chain of events was set off in 1923 when the Germans could not pay their reparations? (Chronological)
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