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SZ Photo - Freikorps in the first years of the Weimar Republic

Various Freikorps units in the early years of the Weimar Republic. As irregular units, they were commissioned by the government of the Weimar Republic to quash a wide range of uprisings and demonstrations. At the same time, they supported anti-democratic coup attempts such as the Kapp Putsch in 1920. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

Free Corps post in the Berliner newspaper district during the Spartacus Revolt, 1919

06.01.1919 - At the so-called Spartacus uprising is comes to severe fights in the Berlin newspaper district. Here one can see a volunteer corps post behind a barricade of newsprint rolls. [XPAE...
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Hitler Coup, 1923

09.11.1923 - Soldiers of the Freikorps Rossbach wait on the day of the Hitler coup for the signal to strike out. [XPAEXPORTID000005]
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Volunteer corps veterans on "Frontline Soldier Day", 1921

01.10.1921 - Former members of the volunteer corps Bruessow march on "Frontline Soldier Day" in the Berlin sport stadium. They are wearing in part the uniform of the imperial army and in part c...
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Captain Ehrhardt with his volunteer corps, 1920

01.01.1920 - Captain Ehrhardt inspects the formation of the Naval Brigade Erhardt. The naval brigade, known because of the Kapp Putsch, was disbanded here. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Celebration of the one-year anniversary of the existence of the volunteer corps of Luetzow, 1920

01.01.1920 - Soldiers of the volunteer corps loyal to the government celebrate the one-year anniversary of its existence in the town of Zossen, south of Berlin. Their flag has the Death's Head...
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Gustav Noske at the soldiers of a Freikorps, 1919

01.01.1919 - Minister of Defence Gustav Noske (with hat) visits the troops of the Free Corps Huelsen, which came in Berlin during the revolutionary upheavals for deployment. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Soldiers of the voluntary corps in Berlin Dahlem, 1919

01.02.1919 - Volunteers pose in front of a restaurant in Dahlem under a black-white and red flag. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Recruitment office of the voluntary corps "Huelsen", 1919

01.02.1919 - In a recruitment office of the "Huelsen" voluntary corps, voluntary corps soldiers process the recruits. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Artillery of the government forces in Bremen, 1919

01.01.1919 - Free Corps artillery secures at the time of the Spartacus uprising the Bremen Town Hall. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Free Corps post in the Berliner newspaper district during the Spartacus Revolt, 1919
Captain Ehrhardt with his volunteer corps, 1920
Soldiers of the voluntary corps in Berlin Dahlem, 1919
Hitler Coup, 1923
Celebration of the one-year anniversary of the existence of the volunteer corps of Luetzow, 1920
Recruitment office of the voluntary corps "Huelsen", 1919
Volunteer corps veterans on "Frontline Soldier Day", 1921
Gustav Noske at the soldiers of a Freikorps, 1919
Artillery of the government forces in Bremen, 1919

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