The document discusses the political impacts of the Treaty of Versailles in Germany following World War 1. It led to tensions and instability as Germans were angry over territorial losses and a war guilt clause. This allowed radical groups like the Spartacists, Freikorps, and nationalist factions to grow and attempt to overthrow the new Weimar Republic through violence and uprisings. Notable events included the Kapp Putsch and political assassinations of Matthias Erzberger and Walter Rathenau by right-wing paramilitary groups. The treaty's terms contributed to a volatile political atmosphere in Germany.
The document discusses the political impacts of the Treaty of Versailles in Germany following World War 1. It led to tensions and instability as Germans were angry over territorial losses and a war guilt clause. This allowed radical groups like the Spartacists, Freikorps, and nationalist factions to grow and attempt to overthrow the new Weimar Republic through violence and uprisings. Notable events included the Kapp Putsch and political assassinations of Matthias Erzberger and Walter Rathenau by right-wing paramilitary groups. The treaty's terms contributed to a volatile political atmosphere in Germany.
The document discusses the political impacts of the Treaty of Versailles in Germany following World War 1. It led to tensions and instability as Germans were angry over territorial losses and a war guilt clause. This allowed radical groups like the Spartacists, Freikorps, and nationalist factions to grow and attempt to overthrow the new Weimar Republic through violence and uprisings. Notable events included the Kapp Putsch and political assassinations of Matthias Erzberger and Walter Rathenau by right-wing paramilitary groups. The treaty's terms contributed to a volatile political atmosphere in Germany.
The document discusses the political impacts of the Treaty of Versailles in Germany following World War 1. It led to tensions and instability as Germans were angry over territorial losses and a war guilt clause. This allowed radical groups like the Spartacists, Freikorps, and nationalist factions to grow and attempt to overthrow the new Weimar Republic through violence and uprisings. Notable events included the Kapp Putsch and political assassinations of Matthias Erzberger and Walter Rathenau by right-wing paramilitary groups. The treaty's terms contributed to a volatile political atmosphere in Germany.
After a long war, peace is decided… After the longest war ever seen, the world breathed a sigh of relief. But the losers still had to pay the price. And they didn’t take it very well…
The Munich Putsch: The Kapp Putsch: Political Assassinations:
Why were the Germans angry? The treaty gave some German territories to neighbouring countries and placed other German territories under international supervision. This made the Germans angry because they saw themselves weaker than the surrounding countries.
Sara The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most controversial armistice treaties in history. The treaty's so-called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. This meant an embarrassment for the German people. Sara The situation then: There was a very tense atmosphere in Germany, and the radicals were taking control, making people angry at the government and trying to collapse the new republic. These were:
The Spartacists: The Freikorps:
The Spartacists:
The Spartacists were the people which wanted a communist
regime in Germany, emulating the neighbouring country of Russia. The group had some ups and downs during the First World War but They used violent methods to try and create a socialist country. The Freikorps:
The Freikorps were the opposite of the Spartacists. They were a
group of ultra nationalists that wanted a right-wing government. They called the Weimar a weak country and were mainly composed of ex-soldiers which wanted revenge on the Allies. They were the germ of the Nazi party. Friedrich Ebert
Friedrich Ebert was the next political leader of the newborn
Weimar Republic. Due to the constant instability of the country, he had to use the army to reduce uprisings up to 134 times. His views were slightly left handed. The Kapp Putsch The Kapp Putsch is a Political Group named after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp. The group aimed to undo the German Revolution of 1918-1919 they also wanted to overthrow the Weimar Government and create an autocratic government to replace them. There movement was supported by the Reichswehr (The German armed forces) as well as nationalists and Monarchist Factions. They were right wing. Wolfgang Kapp Wolfgang Kapp was not born a German, not Austrian but one of their enemies he was a US child, he was born in New York on July 24 1858, He was a German Civil Servant and a journalist before becoming the leader of the Kapp Putsch, he created the Kapp Putsch was the government's resolve to force the demobilization of the right-wing Freikorps (“Free Corps”) brigades, Ehrhardt and Baltikum. He died on june 12th 1922 he died of Cancer. The Main Event The Kapp putsch was a March 13 1920 attempt to overthrow the Social Democratic Party (SPD) government, carried out by army officers, Freikorps members and right-wing nationalists. The attempted coup was thwarted by public aliscoup was thwarted by public. Twelve innocent civilians died during the march and many ended up wounded. POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS Political violence was a permanent trouble in Germany from the end of the World War I until the rise of Nazi Party to power (1933) that broke down all opposition.
Dana Matthias Erzberger He was a German writer and politician in the Catholic Centre Party who became a member of the Reichstag in 1903 and gradually established himself as the leader of the party’s left wing.
Dana Matthias Erzberger Like many others in the centrist party, he initially supported Germany's involvement in World War I and advocated the annexation of Belgium and parts of Lorraine, among other territories.
By 1917, however, with the armies stalemated on both sides, Erzberger changed his political stance, becoming one of the leading opponents of war. He protested the harshness of the terms. Dana Matthias Erzberger From 1919 to 1920 he was vice chancellor and finance minister. The denunciations of the conservative and national liberal press went beyond the ordinary limits of party polemics: the Tägliche Rundschau observed, in allusion to Erzberger’s personal appearance, «he may be as round as a bullet, but he is not bullet-proof.»
The climax of these attacks was that Erzberger was murdered on 26 August 1921 in Bad Griesbach, in the Black Forest while he was out for a walk.
Dana “A nation of seventy million people can suffer, but it cannot die”
-Matthias Erzberger- Walter Rathenau He was a German industrialist, writer, and liberal politician. During the World War I, he was involved in the organization of the German war economy
Dana Walter Rathenau During World War I, he was involved in the organization of the German war economy. After the war, Rathenau served as German Foreign Minister in 1922.
He initiated the 1922 Treaty of Rapallo, which removed major obstacles to trading with Soviet Russia. Although Russia was already aiding Germany's secret rearmament program from 1921, extreme right-wing nationalist groups branded Rathenau a revolutionary, also resenting his background as a successful Jewish businessman.
Dana Walter Rathenau On 24 June 1922, two months after the signing of the Treaty of Rapallo, Rathenau was assassinated while he drove from his house to the Foreign Office by the right-wing paramilitary group Organisation Consul in Berlin. During the trip, he was shot by three young terrorists, one of them Hans Gerd Techow, future writer Ernst von Salomon. After an anticipated victory, Ehrhardt hoped to establish an authoritarian regime or a military dictatorship.
Ernst von Salomon
The terrorists' aims were not achieved, however, and civil war did not come. Instead, millions of Germans gathered on the streets to express their grief and to demonstrate against counter-revolutionary terrorism. When the news of Rathenau's death became known in the Reichstag, the session turned into turmoil. Dana
