The Right Wing Of Germany In The 1920s

The Right Wing
Basic information of the people from the Right wing
The right wing party belong to a group of people that grown up in the successful days of Germany under the control of the Kaiser.
They liked the Kaiser’s dictatorship and his dictatorial style of ruling the government.
They liked Germany to have a strong army.
They wanted Germany to expand its empire (imperialism).
They are proud of the powerful German industry.
Kapp Putsch-March 1920
Dr. Wolfgang Kapp led 5000 “Freikorps” into Berlin in a rebellion.
“Freikorps” were ex-soldiers organized by General Groener (from the right wing party), and the purpose of this was to take control of Germany.
The army of Ebert’s government did not fire on the “Freikorps”.
The “Freikorps” declared a general strike in Berlin.
Berlin has no transport, no power and no water for this few days.
After that, Kapp realized that it will not succeed so he left the country.
However, he was captured and died while waiting for the trial.
The spartacist rising-January 1919
In January 1919, the spartacist members attempt to introduce a revolution in Berlin.
However, it did not get any support from the left-wing party.
Therefore, the “Freikorps” crushed them easily by taking over their headquarters in 10 January 1919.
15 January 1919, the Spartacist were crushed.
100 Spartacists were killed comparing to only 13 Freikorps killed.
The spartacist leader, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were murdered.
The Freikorps continue crushing the left-wing party for the next four months in other cities.