HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Gustav Ritter Von Kahr, Kapp Putsch, Mein Kampf
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Imperial chancellor resigned and wilhelm ii abdicated after the end of the war, as german rulers no longer had a will to continue their reign. Starving workers organized soviets much like the bolsheviks in russia. Bohemian soviets took control of the land and established a bavarian republic. Monarchists did not listen to the socialists who tried to take control in the new power vacuum. New socialist rage forced ebert to try and quell rage against the establishment. In november 1919, in front of the reichstag, ebert declared the weimar republic in an attempt at reconciliation. Socialist provisional government declared that people needed a voice and representation, and that german people needed a future to preserve national unity and harmony that was fast disappearing. Workers" and soldiers" revolts, along with navy mutiny followed the example of the bolsheviks in. The task of providing a basic government was far from easy and the traditional organization of.
