Early problems for Weimar up to 1923

Early problems for Weimar up to 1923

1. Rebelion

   • Kapp Putsch
     • March 1920, there was a rebellion
       • lead by Wolfgang Kapp
     • Right wing
     • Defeated by worker strike
   • Spartaists Revolt
     • Communists
     • In January 1919
     • 50,000 Spartacists
       • lead by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Leibknect
     • Defeated by Frei Korps
   • Munich Beer Hall Putsch
     • Assembled a large group of unemployed young men
       • Storm troopers

2. Economic Problems

   • hyperinflation
     • Printed more money than Germany had
       • worth of money went down
   • French occupying the ruhr

3. Treaty of Versailles

   • German people
   • "Stab in the back"