Early Weimar

The main moderate parties in the Weimar Republic were the Social Democrats (SPD) the Democrats (DDP) and the Centre Party;

The Spartacists were extreme socialists from the USPD the Independent Socialist Party based in Berlin. They named themselves after the head of a slaves' revolt in Ancient Rome Spartacus;

The German Communist Party (KPD) was established in December 1918. It was backed by the Soviet Union and had significant funding.;

The extreme left and right-wing parties constantly attacked the moderate centre parties in the Reichstag and made it difficult for them to form majority coalitions;

The Spartacists were a left-wing group led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. They supported communism opposed capitalism and wanted to abolish private ownership of land and business.;

The Social Democratic politicians supported capitalism private ownership of land and business and championed families law and order and traditional values.;

The main right-wing party in 1919 was the National Party (DNVP).;

The main left-wing party in 1919 was the German Communist Party (KPD).;

to put down the Spartacist rebels.;

The German armed forces were in no shape to put down the revolt alone because they were still recovering from the war.;

The Spartacist revolt began when a peaceful anti-Weimar demonstration attended by 100000 communists turned violent.

000 armed pro-Spartacists waited for instruction from the movement leaders

Many workers went home after orders were taking too long to be given

Friekorps soldiers entered Berlin and killed almost 700 adults

The Weimar Government were expecting a revolution attempt and had made preparations making them more likely to be able to cope

The movement was over within a week with the Friekorps killing many supporters of the movement in a week dubbed 'Bloody Week';

The Freikorps a paramilitary group mainly composed of demobilized soldiers were ordered by Ebert to suppress the Spartacist Revolt. They arrested and killed the leaders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht.;





Define the Kapp Putsch.

led by Wolfgang Kapp

There were 376 political murders mostly of left-wing or moderate politicians during this period;

The Weimar Republic faced challenges from both left-wing and right-wing extremists including a series of political assassinations.;