The Spartacist Uprising 1919

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  • German Communist Party (KPD)
  • Rosa Luxembourg
  • Karl Leibnecht
  • The Weimar government is useless. Communism is the way forward
  • We're coming for you!
  • The Spartacist League were a group of communists led by Karl Leibnecht and Rosa Luxembourg.
  • Go and put down the uprising in Berlin.
  • Yes Sir. We may also need to bring in the Freikorps - They hate the communists as much as we do.
  • Weimar
  • The Spartacists wanted to overthrow the Weimar government and make Germany Communist
  • We are not huge fans of the Weimar government. But we hate communists more! We will help you put down this uprising
  • On the 6th January 1919, the Spartacists began to try and overthrow the government in Berlin. Over 50,000 people went on strike and newspaper buildings were seized.
  • The violence of the uprising forced the government to run away to Weimar. Ebert asked the army to put down the uprising, but they did not have enough soldiers.
  • Ebert called on the Freikorps (ex-soliders). The Freikorps hated communists so they agreed to help. Over 100 people were killed during the uprising.
  • Freikorps
  • The uprising was badly planned and did not get any support. Leibnecht and Luxembourg were captured and killed.
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