Peace In Their Time

Episode 24 - The March of the Freikorps

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With revolution gripping Germany, the nation's establishment turned desperate. They unleashed the Freikorps, paramilitary units composed of angry and embittered veterans returning home, all across Germany. What resulted was a nightmare of retribution as the soldiers not only fought to prevent Socialism from taking root, but also took out their frustrations from losing WWI on their own people. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

  1. Evans, Richard The Coming of the Third Reich Penguin Books, 2003
  • Peukert, Detlev The Weimar Republic Suhrkamp Verlag am Main, 1987
  • Harman, Chris The Lost Revolution, Germany 1918 to 1923 Haymarket Books 2017
  • Weitz, Eric Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy Princeton University Press 2007
  • Jones, Nigel The Birth of the Nazis Constable & Robinson Ltd 2004

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