Wiemar and Nazi Germany - The Spartacist Rising (1919) Flashcards
Who led the rebellion?
The Spartacist League.
A Communist group set up by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
When did it happen?
January 1919
What was the inspiration for the rebellion/why did it happen?
The Spartacists wanted a full-scale Communist revolution like the recent Russian Revolution of 1917.
They did not trust the Wiemar government
How many were killed in the fighting that followed the Spartacist rebellion?
100 workers were killed by the Army and Freikorps
Who were the Freikorps?
Freikorps were German volunteer units. The Freikorps involved in crushing the Spartacist rebellion were ex-soldiers who were anti-communist
What did the Spartacists hope the protesters would do that they didn’t?
They hoped protesters would join them and take over other buildings, but this did not happen
What did the Sparticists try to use to create a rebellion?
They tried to use the workers protest happening in January 1919. They tried to turn
