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 starter activity. Can you recognise the face of the murderer of Rosa Luxemburg?. Rosa Luxemburg. Who killed Rosa Luxemburg.  Aims. To compare the political aims of the Spartacists & Social Democrats To investigate the death of R.L.  Your task.

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  1. starter activity Can you recognise the face of the murderer of Rosa Luxemburg? Rosa Luxemburg

  2. Who killed Rosa Luxemburg  Aims To compare the political aims of the Spartacists & Social Democrats To investigate the death of R.L.

  3.  Your task • Use p.12-13 tocomplete a table showing similarities & differences between the aims & methods of the two main political groups in Germany after WWI Spartacist Social Democrats

  4. Spartacists • Left-wing revolutionaries • Get rid of Kaiser • Social revolution like Russian Revolution (1917) • Disagreements over pace of change – seize power from Ebert’s govt or wait??? Karl Liebneckt & Rosa Luxemburg

  5. Social Democrats • Moderate left wing party • Get rid of Kaiser • Used Russian revolutionary language, e.g. ‘comrade’ • Didn’t want Revolution like Russia’s • Keep support of Elite • Supported by army & ‘Friekorps’ Friedrich Ebert

  6.  Your task • Create a timeline of events. Find out from your textbooks, p.14 what happened at these moments: • December 1918 • 5 January • 10 January • 15 January • Jan-Apr

  7.  Your task • December 1918 • Clashes between govt & revolutionaries • 5 January • Spartacists captured newspaper & teelgraph offices • 10 January • Friekorps crush rebellion & take over Spartacist HQ • 15 January • Rebellion crushed. 100 Spartacists killed (13 Freikorps) • Jan-Apr • 1000s of Spartacists killed by Freikorps across Germany

  8.  Your task • Discuss the reasons why the Spartacist Uprising failed with your partner. Make a list of reasons in your notes. Spartacists at the government newspaper offices. The bundles are reels of paper for the newspapers

  9. Reasons for failure • Poorly organised • Spartacists failed to capture many buildings in Berlin • Lacked support of other left-wing groups • Govt had support of Friekorps • Spartacist leaders murdered – party lack direction One of the armoured vehicles used by the Freikorps to put down the Spartacist Uprising

  10.  Your task • You know who killed Rosa Luxemburg, but was anyone else to blame? Read through sources 11-16 and use your own knowledge to note down who else might be to blame.

  11.  Writing task • Imagine you are a police detective. You have been given the job of writing up the murder case and suggesting who was to blame for R.L.’s death. Include the following in your report: • Who were the Spartacists • The political situation in Germany after WWI • The events of January 1919 • The final moments of R.L.’s life • Evidence of those who might be to blame

  12. The site of R.L.’s murder inBerlin

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