Spartacist Rising (5 Jan 1919 Jahr – 15 Mai 1919 Jahr)

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A left wing group who attempted to seize power in 1919. On the 5th of January, they captured the HQ of the government's newspaper. However, they did not gain the support of other left-wing groups.
5 days later, the Freikorps (ex-soldiers who hated communism) came in and crushed the Spartacist's attempted revolution. 100 Spartacists died whereas only 13 Freikorps died.
The leaders of the Spartacists, Luxemburg and Liebknecht were murdered by the Freikorps.
In the following months, the Freikorps continued to destroy Left-wing uprisings and killed 1000s of communist supporters.
In May, Luxemburg's body was found and was horiified, he was unaware that her of Liebknecht had even been arrested.

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