Spartacist Uprising Jan 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 radical Spartacist League was led by Karl Leibnecht and Rosa Luxembourg. (They took their name from the Roman Slave Spartacus who led a rebellion in 73BC)
- 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
- Inspired by the Communist revolution in Russia, 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 Ebert and the Weimar government in Berlin.Over 50,000 people went on strike and newspaper buildings were seized.
- The violence of the uprising forced the government to relocate to Weimar. Ebert called on the army to put down the uprising, but they did not have enough soldiers.
- Ebert called on the Freikorps. The Freikorps strongly disliked communism so they agreed to help. Over 100 people were killed during the uprising.
- Freikorps
- The uprising or putsch was badly planned and did not get any support. Leibnecht and Luxembourg were captured and killed.
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