Founding WeimarThe German Revolution of 1918-1919 was a transformative moment in modern European history. It was both the end of the German Empire and the First World War, as well as the birth of the Weimar Republic, the short-lived democracy that preceded the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship. A time of great political drama, the Revolution saw unprecedented levels of mass mobilisation and political violence, including the 'Spartacist Uprising' of January 1919, the murders of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, and the violent suppression of strikes and the Munich Councils' Republic. Drawing upon the historiography of the French Revolution, Founding Weimar is the first study to place crowds and the politics of the streets at the heart of the Revolution's history. Carefully argued and meticulously researched, it will appeal to anyone with an interest in the relationship between violence, revolution, and state formation, as well as in the history of modern Germany. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
La Grande Peur of November 1918 | 27 |
Karl Liebknecht and the Spartacist Threat | 67 |
Revolution in Berlin 20 November 1918 page | 94 |
Terror and Order | 104 |
Independent Socialist Demonstration at the Brandenburg | 117 |
Parade of the 4th Guard Infantry Division on Pariser Platz | 123 |
The Edge of the Abyss | 136 |
Members of the Red Cross care for the injured on both | 197 |
Atrocities and Remobilization | 210 |
government soldiers in front of the occupied Mosse building | 214 |
Jan 1919 Silesia Station occupied by government soldiers | 232 |
Weimars Order to Execute | 251 |
Revolutionary fighting revolutionary | 273 |
Death in Munich | 286 |
Conclusion | 324 |
Other editions - View all
Founding Weimar: Violence and the German Revolution of 1918-1919 Mark Jones No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
11 March 9 Jan 9 Nov 9 November accused atrocity BArch Berlin BArch-MA barracks Bavarian Berliner Morgenpost Berliner Tageblatt Bolshevist BTNr central Berlin civilian claimed contemporary Councils crowd cultural December demonstrations described deutsche Revolution Deutsche Zeitung Deutschland Ebert Eichhorn execution f¨ur fears fighting fire force Frankfurter Zeitung Freiheit Freikorps further German German Revolution Germany’s government soldiers government’s gunfire Gustav Gustav Noske Hamburg Harry Kessler HStAS Ibid Independent Socialists January January Uprising Kaiser Kampf Karl Liebknecht Kiel killed Ledebour Lichtenberg M¨arz M¨uller M¨unchen machine guns military Munich Noske officers palace police presidium political prisoners Priv protestors Prussian Parliament radical Reich Reichsbote Republic revolution’s revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg Rote Fahne rumours Russian sailors Scheidemann shot Siegesallee Social Democrats Spartacism Spartakus streets Terror told uber Unruhen violence Vorw¨arts newspaper Vossische Zeitung Weimar Weimar Republic Wilhelm Winkler Wolff workers