spartacist league

• Karl Leibkecht and Rosa Luxemburg broke away from the SPD and created a group called the Spartacists
• The group split up and some remained in the Spartacists, and the others formed the communist party (KPD)
• 6th January 1919, The Spartacists tried to overthrow Ebert and the Weimar Government
• 100,000 communists took to the streets of Berlin and seized control over the key buildings. Ebert fled to Weimar as he couldn't defend himself against them
• Ebert went to the freikorps for help, and they killed every communist they saw. The uprising had been crushed within days
• Leibknecht was arrested and shot, Luxemburg was shot in the head and dumped in a canal
• Surprisingly to the public, germany had been saved by a group of thugs in opposition to the government