Spartacus League

Definition:
Leftist group that rose up in the Spartacist Rising in 1921.

How did it help Hitler rise to power?

• Landowners who does not want their land to be taken away if communist comes in power moved to the right side of the political spectrum.
• Spartacist Uprising in 1921 was broken up by the Freikorps, ex army soldiers, and showed how powerless the government was.