Kapp Putsch video questions, differentiated

See also my BBC HistoryFile Nazi Germany Bundle.

This resource updated 13th-Aug-24 with revised questions.

Comprehensive, thorough, 24-minute documentary really drills down into the events between 1918 and 1920: The Treaty of Versailles, the Freikorps, von Lüttwitz and Noske, Marinebrigade Ehrhardt; Kapp selected as leader, Berlin taken; police hesitate, von Seeckt, Hitler joins; popular resistance, especially in Westphalia – explanation of why Westphalia was uniquely resistant; Kapp government resigns; the Communist Party and the Ruhr Red Army; the coup is a failure; other events of February 1920.

Find the film on YouTube by searching for The Bloody Origin of the Weimar Republic (Documentary) on their The Great War channel.

22 questions for the 24-min film (my link omits a short message at the end). Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Questions right up to the end, no slack time! Creates a great intro / revision / summary resource. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.