SPARTISIST UPRISING

• Spartisit uprising


  Led by Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebnecht, they wanted a communist government and for Germany to be run by the working class
• Spartisist uprising in December 1918

  1. Spartisists against government

  2. Clash with army

  3. Wanted to replicate Russian revolution 1917

  4. Spartisists form German communist party
• Spartisist uprising


  • 100,000 workers went on strike in Jan 1919
  • Spartisists attempted to overthrow Bart and Weimar government on 6th Jan 1919
• Government wanted to avoid violence


  Employed Freikorps
• Freikorps


  Ex-army soldiers who hated communists
• Communists


  Working class people who thought power and wealth should be shared by everyone
• January uprising saw lots of news and communication buildings seized
• Who where the communists ?

  working class people thought power and wealth should be shared with everyone
• Who are the freikorps ?

  ex army soldiers who hated communists
• What happened on 6th Jan 1919 ?

  Spartisists led uprising and tried to overthrow Ebart and weimar government
• What happened after uprising ?


  Leaders captured and executed