Assassinations (november criminals) (jan 1, 1919 – aug 2, 1922)
Description:
When: Between 1919 &1922 there were almost 350 political murders in Germany, mostly carried out by right-wing extremists.Why: They wanted to eliminate those who were responsible for the treaty of Versailles
What happened: In August 1921 Matthias Erzberger, the man who sighed the armistice in 1918, was shot dead by a right-wing group, They also killer the Foreign minister Walter Rathenau, and threw acid on Philipp
Scheidemann, an important Weimar politician.
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Date:
jan 1, 1919
aug 2, 1922
~ 3 years and 7 months