HIS317H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kurt Eisner, Freikorps, Thule Society
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The nationalist right and the far right: the freikorps in (cid:1) Groups given to them in general the free booters. Left divides in the revolution of 1918-1919 if they didn"t divide, the nazis would have never gotten the majority vote. Communists called the social democratic party social fascists, and refused to. Freiikorps claimed that they were fighting to preserve german land and work with them dominance. Volunteers are mainly army men who didn"t accept the defeat for them, war was not over but rather moved. Rampaged through berlin, murdering rosa luxemberg on january 18. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Shows the extremes of the political spectrum. In munich, the german revolution arrived on november 7 1918. Brought over kurt eisner, a german jewish intellectual, who joined the uspd. Called for the bavarian king to abdicate, and led a demonstrate of 60k. Declared munich to be a socialist republic, and began to organize public elections. vote.
