jan 1, 1919 - Spartisist
Description:
Communists, extreme left wingKarl Liebnecht and Rosa Luxemburg
To overthrow the Weimar Republic and create a
Communist Government in Germany
Tried to start a Revolution in Berlin. They took control of the Government’s newspaper Headquarters and the telegraph bureau, but they failed to capture anything else. They won some support from working class,
Freikorps (right wing ex-soldiers) to defeat the
Spartacist. They murdered Liebnecht and Luxemburg and crushed the uprising.
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Date:
jan 1, 1919
Now
~ 106 years ago