3.1 Murders and Uprisings
Different Views
Left-wing beliefs Right-wing beliefs
Worker councils should run Strong leaders should rule
country There should be differences
Equality between classes between classes and races
and wages The country should be
Change is welcome powerful with an empire
Others should be left-wing Change is not welcome
Anti right-wing Anti left-wing
e.g. Communist Party e.g. Nazis
The Kapp Putsch
Wolfgang Kapp tried to take over Germany (right-wing)
March 1920 – 5000 men (from the Free Corps) took over the capital city.
o This was known as the Kapp Putsch
Kapp aimed to take over the whole country, regain empire and build army
The government fled from Berlin
The workers did not support Kapp and went on strike
o No gas, water etc.
Kapp fled abroad after 100 hours as leader and previous government
returned
Red Rising in the Ruhr
After Kapp fled, left-wing workers stayed on strike and took over towns in
the Ruhr
Free Corps sent to deal with the Red Rising – over 1000 workers were
killed
Assassinations
Some used terror tactics and assassinated politicians who accepted the
Treaty of Versailles
o Between 1919 and 1922, there were over 350 assassinations –
mainly by right wing extremists
Aug 1921 – Matthias Erzberger (the man who signed the
Treaty) was shot dead by a right wing group
Many of the right-wing murderers got short sentences
(4 years)
Putsch – the attempt to seize power to take control using force
Red Rising – the left-wing voters’ revolt in March 1920, in the Ruhr region
of Germany
Different Views
Left-wing beliefs Right-wing beliefs
Worker councils should run Strong leaders should rule
country There should be differences
Equality between classes between classes and races
and wages The country should be
Change is welcome powerful with an empire
Others should be left-wing Change is not welcome
Anti right-wing Anti left-wing
e.g. Communist Party e.g. Nazis
The Kapp Putsch
Wolfgang Kapp tried to take over Germany (right-wing)
March 1920 – 5000 men (from the Free Corps) took over the capital city.
o This was known as the Kapp Putsch
Kapp aimed to take over the whole country, regain empire and build army
The government fled from Berlin
The workers did not support Kapp and went on strike
o No gas, water etc.
Kapp fled abroad after 100 hours as leader and previous government
returned
Red Rising in the Ruhr
After Kapp fled, left-wing workers stayed on strike and took over towns in
the Ruhr
Free Corps sent to deal with the Red Rising – over 1000 workers were
killed
Assassinations
Some used terror tactics and assassinated politicians who accepted the
Treaty of Versailles
o Between 1919 and 1922, there were over 350 assassinations –
mainly by right wing extremists
Aug 1921 – Matthias Erzberger (the man who signed the
Treaty) was shot dead by a right wing group
Many of the right-wing murderers got short sentences
(4 years)
Putsch – the attempt to seize power to take control using force
Red Rising – the left-wing voters’ revolt in March 1920, in the Ruhr region
of Germany
