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Posted 15 August 2005 - 08:43 PM
Can someone please summarise the Spartacists Revolt for me? I didn't completely understand it. Thank You.
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Left/right Wing In Germany: Spartacists, Kapp Putsch Etc What's it about?
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 09:45 PM
It is only rarely that we will actually provide detailed answers to questions here, Kate - unless the questions are asking for advice about things like reading lists for A Level personal studies and we definitely won't "do your work for you" as our Rules state.
I know you weren't asking for that exactly, but if you could explain WHAT it is about the Spartacists Revolt you don't understand then we could be more helpful.
The shortest (helpful) answer I can give is that the Spartacist Revolt was an attempt by members of the Spartacist League (who mostly wanted a communist government in Germany after the First World War) to overthrow the very new Weimar Republic which was being set up in Germany in the months immediately after the cease-fire agreement to end the war had been signed in November 1918. Their revolt failed and was put down by the new government with the help of ex-soldiers belonging to units called the Free Corps. This was a bit surprising because members of the Free Corps - in the main - did not approve of the new government either ..... but they disliked the Spartacists more.
Does that help? If not, then do say what it is that you don't understand.
This link may help:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/...tacist%20revolt
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PS. I have deleted a couple of the messages you posted this evening. The exam good wishes one referred to something that was over a couple of months ago and the Anne Frank suggestion was not very helpful given the other suggestions already made and it was also an old query. Do look a little more carefully to see if you really are being helpful, won't you?
I know you weren't asking for that exactly, but if you could explain WHAT it is about the Spartacists Revolt you don't understand then we could be more helpful.
The shortest (helpful) answer I can give is that the Spartacist Revolt was an attempt by members of the Spartacist League (who mostly wanted a communist government in Germany after the First World War) to overthrow the very new Weimar Republic which was being set up in Germany in the months immediately after the cease-fire agreement to end the war had been signed in November 1918. Their revolt failed and was put down by the new government with the help of ex-soldiers belonging to units called the Free Corps. This was a bit surprising because members of the Free Corps - in the main - did not approve of the new government either ..... but they disliked the Spartacists more.
Does that help? If not, then do say what it is that you don't understand.
This link may help:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/...tacist%20revolt
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PS. I have deleted a couple of the messages you posted this evening. The exam good wishes one referred to something that was over a couple of months ago and the Anne Frank suggestion was not very helpful given the other suggestions already made and it was also an old query. Do look a little more carefully to see if you really are being helpful, won't you?
This post has been edited by Mrs Faithorn: 15 August 2005 - 09:55 PM
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 09:00 PM
The German Revolution is the name given to the series of events in the months before the Weimar republic was formed.
The Revolution started with the mutiny of the sailors at Kiel on 29th October 1918.
In November the Kaiser abdicated and fled the country. Elections were held for a new government in January 1919 and in February 1919 the new ‘Weimar’ government came into existence with Fredrich Ebert as President.
Some text books will include both the Spartacist revolt and the Communist ‘People’s government’ in Bavaria with the Revolution, but once they were dealt with and the Weimar government was established, the Revolution was over.
Hope that helps - you can find more information at http://www.spartacus...Rrevolution.htm
The Revolution started with the mutiny of the sailors at Kiel on 29th October 1918.
In November the Kaiser abdicated and fled the country. Elections were held for a new government in January 1919 and in February 1919 the new ‘Weimar’ government came into existence with Fredrich Ebert as President.
Some text books will include both the Spartacist revolt and the Communist ‘People’s government’ in Bavaria with the Revolution, but once they were dealt with and the Weimar government was established, the Revolution was over.
Hope that helps - you can find more information at http://www.spartacus...Rrevolution.htm
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Posted 14 June 2006 - 07:40 PM
Great question.
LEFT-WING politicians are those who tend towards Socialist politics (they believe that the wealth of the country should be shared out equally between people). An example of moderate socilaists in Weimar germany were the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The most extreme left-wing party was the Communist Party (KPD) - who of course rebelled in Germany in 1919 (the so-called 'Spartacist' revolt).
RIGHT-WING politicians are those who tend towards Fascist politics (they beleive that some classes and some races are better than others, and that they ought to rule over the 'lesser' human beings). The key example of a right-wing party in Weimar Germany is, of course, Hitler's Nazis. However, the various 'nationalist' parties were very right-wing in their views, and so -individually - were the Army officers and the judges. There were two right wing rebellions of note in the Weimar republic (Kapp Putsch and Munich Putsch), but right-wing terrorists also regularly assassinated government ministers.
LEFT-WING politicians are those who tend towards Socialist politics (they believe that the wealth of the country should be shared out equally between people). An example of moderate socilaists in Weimar germany were the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The most extreme left-wing party was the Communist Party (KPD) - who of course rebelled in Germany in 1919 (the so-called 'Spartacist' revolt).
RIGHT-WING politicians are those who tend towards Fascist politics (they beleive that some classes and some races are better than others, and that they ought to rule over the 'lesser' human beings). The key example of a right-wing party in Weimar Germany is, of course, Hitler's Nazis. However, the various 'nationalist' parties were very right-wing in their views, and so -individually - were the Army officers and the judges. There were two right wing rebellions of note in the Weimar republic (Kapp Putsch and Munich Putsch), but right-wing terrorists also regularly assassinated government ministers.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 06:03 PM
certainly....
The Spartacist Rebellion was left-wing challenge to the Weimar Republic
The Spartacists, led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, were a group of radical socialists who found 'fame' in the first few months after the November Armistice when Germany experienced its so-called 'Revolution'.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/spartacists.htm
www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0846194.html
www.firstworldwar.com/features/bloodhounds.htm
The Kapp Putsch was a right-wing challenge to the Weimar Republic
The Kapp Putsch took place in Weimar Germany in March 1920. Wolfgang Kapp was a right-wing journalist who opposed all that he believed Friedrich Ebert stood for especially after what he believed was the humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles.
The Kapp Putsch was a direct threat to Weimar’s new government. Kapp was assisted by General Luttwitz who lead a group of Freikorps men. On March 13th, 1920, Luttwitz seized Berlin and proclaimed that a new right of centre nationalist government was being established with Kapp as chancellor.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/kapp_putsch.htm
problems the Weimar Government faced
The Spartacist Rebellion was left-wing challenge to the Weimar Republic
The Spartacists, led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, were a group of radical socialists who found 'fame' in the first few months after the November Armistice when Germany experienced its so-called 'Revolution'.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/spartacists.htm
www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0846194.html
www.firstworldwar.com/features/bloodhounds.htm
The Kapp Putsch was a right-wing challenge to the Weimar Republic
The Kapp Putsch took place in Weimar Germany in March 1920. Wolfgang Kapp was a right-wing journalist who opposed all that he believed Friedrich Ebert stood for especially after what he believed was the humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles.
The Kapp Putsch was a direct threat to Weimar’s new government. Kapp was assisted by General Luttwitz who lead a group of Freikorps men. On March 13th, 1920, Luttwitz seized Berlin and proclaimed that a new right of centre nationalist government was being established with Kapp as chancellor.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/kapp_putsch.htm
problems the Weimar Government faced
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