Freikorps soldiers

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World War I veterans paramilitary personnel right-wing militants

Freikorps soldiers were members of right-wing German paramilitary units composed largely of World War I veterans, notorious for violently suppressing leftist uprisings during the Weimar Republic.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Freikorps 2
Freikorps units 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I veterans ⓘ
paramilitary personnel ⓘ
right-wing militants ⓘ
activeIn Weimar Republic ⓘ
post-World War I Germany ⓘ
associatedWith Kapp Putsch ⓘ
early German far-right movements ⓘ
political assassinations in Weimar Germany ⓘ
commandStructure led by former Imperial German officers ⓘ
composedMostlyOf World War I veterans ⓘ
composedOf demobilized German soldiers ⓘ
former Imperial German Army officers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
demobilization largely dissolved by mid-1920s ⓘ
engagedIn border conflicts in Eastern Europe ⓘ
counter-revolutionary operations ⓘ
urban combat ⓘ
genderComposition overwhelmingly male ⓘ
historicalReputation controversial ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
monarchism ⓘ
right-wing nationalism ⓘ
influenced early Nazi paramilitary culture ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalStatus semi-official units tolerated by parts of the Weimar government ⓘ
notableFor political violence ⓘ
street fighting in early Weimar Republic ⓘ
suppressing leftist uprisings ⓘ
opposed Bavarian Soviet Republic ⓘ
Spartacist uprising ⓘ
left-wing workers’ councils ⓘ
organizedAs irregular military units ⓘ
partOf Freikorps soldiers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Freikorps
perceivedByOpponentsAs reactionary and brutal ⓘ
perceivedBySupportersAs defenders of Germany against Bolshevism ⓘ
recruitedFrom disaffected veterans ⓘ
nationalist youth ⓘ
status non-state combatants ⓘ
volunteer fighters ⓘ
supported conservative forces in Weimar Germany ⓘ
restoration of order after World War I (from their perspective) ⓘ
timePeriod 1918–1923 ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
usedWeapon artillery ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
wore military uniforms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spartacist uprising → hasOpponent → Freikorps soldiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freikorps
Rosa Luxemburg → killedBy → Freikorps soldiers ⓘ
Freikorps soldiers → partOf → Freikorps soldiers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freikorps
Kapp Putsch → participant → Freikorps soldiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freikorps units