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Murder, riots and Rebellions, 1919-1923 - Coggle Diagram
Murder, riots and Rebellions, 1919-1923
The Kapp Putsch
In March 1920, right-wing politician and journalist Wolfgang Kapp gathered around 5,000 men (Free Corps), mainly police and ex-soldiers, and took over the capital, Berlin.
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President Ebert and the government fled Berlin. However, Kapp didn't have the workers' support and they went on strike, resulting in no gas, water, electricity or trains.
After only 100 hours as Germany's Leader, Kapp fled abroad. Ebert and his government returned to Berlin
Assassinations
Between 1919 and 1922, there were over 350 political murders in Germany, mostly carried out by right-wing extremists.
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In August 192, Matthias Erzberger, the man who signed the armistice in 1918, was shot dead by a right-wing group. In 1922 they also killed Foreign Minister Walter Rathaneu, and threw acid on Phillip Scheidemann, an important Weimar Politician.
Munich Putsch
Hitler promised to overturn the Treaty of Versailles, destroy communism and restore Germany's national glory.
He planned to capture Munich and march on Berlin. Key Bavarian politicians at a Munich beer hall refused to support his plan to march on Berlin. Hitler pressed on with his plans nevertheless
In November 1923, Hitler and the Nazis tried to seize control of the Bavarian government in Sothern Germany.
As Hitler and about 2000 supporters marched through Munich, they were met by armed police. Three policemen and 16 Nazis died in a short gun battle.
Hitler and Ludendorff (a former first world war general who was now a Nazi supporter) were arrested.
Red Rising in the Ruhr
In March 1920, After the Kapp Putsch, left-wing workers in the industrial Ruhr stayed on strike.
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The government sent soldiers and some Free Corps units to deal with the rebellion. Over 1000 workers were killed.