Weimar Germany: Kapp Putsch 1920 | Fresh |

: The aftermath showed a clear bias in the legal system. While left-wing rebels were often executed or given long sentences, Kapp Putsch participants received remarkably light punishments. Wolfgang Kapp died before he could be tried, and most others were granted amnesty.

: Many right-wing nationalists believed the military had been "stabbed in the back" by socialist and Jewish politicians at home. WEIMAR GERMANY: Kapp Putsch 1920

: The event highlighted that the Republic could not rely on its own army to defend it against right-wing threats, a weakness that would persist throughout the 1920s. : The aftermath showed a clear bias in the legal system

On March 13, 1920, the Ehrhardt Brigade marched into Berlin. The regular army ( Reichswehr ) refused to fire on the rebels, with General Hans von Seeckt famously stating, : Many right-wing nationalists believed the military had

: The strike led to a brief communist uprising in the Ruhr region (the Ruhr Red Army), which the government—ironically—used the Reichswehr to suppress violently.

The turning point came when the fleeing government and trade unions called for a . This was the largest strike in German history, involving approximately 12 million workers.