4-15 January 1919: The Sparticist Uprising—The Communist Party of Germany (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, K.P.D.) launched a putsch against Chancellor Ebert's government; the radical Volksmarinedivision remained neutral; right-wing Freikorps were called in to quell the Sparticists, doing so & capturing & summarily executing K.P.D. founders Karl Leibknecht & Rosa Luxemburg.
Lest we forget.
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