Germany saw significant political violence from the fall of the Empire and the rise of the Republic through the German Revolution of 1918–1919, until the rise of the Nazi Party to power with 1933 elections and the proclamation of the Enabling Act of 1933 that fully broke down all opposition. The violence was characterised by assassinations by and confrontations between right-wing groups such as the (sometimes in collusion with the state), and left-wing organisations such as the Communist Party of Germany.

Incidents of violent unrest in Weimar Republic

German Revolution of 1918–1919

Skirmish of the Berlin Schloss

Spartacist uprising

Bremen Soviet Republic

Berlin March Battles

Bavarian Soviet Republic

Würzburg Soviet Republic

Reichstag Bloodbath

Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch

Ruhr uprising

March Action

Küstrin Putsch

Hamburg Uprising

Beer Hall Putsch

Blutmai

Altona Bloody Sunday

Further reading

See also

Adolf Hitler's rise to power

Beer Hall Putsch

German Revolution of 1918–1919

Revolutions of 1917–1923

References

German Revolution of 1918–1919

Political repression in Germany

Political violence in Germany

Politics of the Weimar Republic

Protests in Germany

Rebellions in Germany

Revolutions of 1917–1923

Subsidiary conflicts of World War I

Political violence in Germany (1918–1933)