Re: SV: Saving Germany and liberating Estonia, Finland, Latvia, andLithuania 1918-23

[Olaf Schroeter <olaf.schroeter@gmx.de>]

> John King wrote:
>
> BTW, let's also not forget that the Freikorps were extremely brutal in
> their indiscriminate political violence suppressing left-wing
> insurrection. Following the Baltic expedition they were also involved in
> politically motivated murder and terrorism.

Yesterday in Berlin there was a big demonstration in memory of Rosa Luxemburg and
Karl Liebknecht, two of the very few members of the German Reichstag who voted
against the First World War (simplified, I know), founded the KPD after the war
and werde murdered 90 years ago, on 15/1/19 (or 1/15/19 for Americans) bei
Freikorps Officers.

All in all the Freikorps' aim wasn't to save democracy at all, no matter what they
may or may not have saved whoever from.

Greetings from Berlin

Olaf