The Weimar Republic
2 Challenge:
The Kapp Putch, 1920
Hyper Inflation
The Freicorps
- Democratic government formed after WWI
- First Chancellor is Friedrich Ebert until 1925
- Many people feel the government's constitution was it downfall
- People mad that they followed Treaty of Versailles
2 Challenge:
- Began by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
- Turned a socialist group, Spartakists League into German Communist Party
- Tried to take over Berlin in January 1919
- Brutally put down the Freikorps
- Luxembur and Liebtnecht murdered
The Kapp Putch, 1920
- Stands for Coup d'etat
- Friekorps are asked to disband
- Treaty of Varsailles (100,000 army)
- Wolfgang Kapp march on Berlin in march 1920
- German workers save Weimar Republic- general strike
Hyper Inflation
- Caused by:
- Need to pay reparations
- unemployment
- refusal of workers to work in Ruhr region
- Leads to:
- french occupation of region in 1923
- New reichsmark
The Freicorps
- an anti revolutionary volunteer force
- army officers set it up as the army demobilized after WWI
- Instrumental in putting down Spartakists and attacking Berlin a year later
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The Weimar Republic was a democratic form of government created.
Quotes"Freedom and Justice are twin sisters" -Friedrich Ebert
"Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary" -Friedrich Ebert Questions?If something as small as Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg turning the Spartakists League into German Communist Party to take over Berlin didn't happen, would it have affect Berlin/ Germany's history to this day?
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