Saxony In The German Revolution (1918–1919)
Saxony in the German Revolution (1918–1919) followed a path that went from early control by German workers' and soldiers' councils 1918–1919, workers' and soldiers' councils to the adoption of a republican constitution in a series of events that roughly mirrored those at the national level in Berlin. Because some members of the revolutionary councils, which were set up in major cities such as Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz, wanted a Soviet republic, soviet-style council government while others favored a parliamentary republic, there was considerable internal disagreement that caused a split between the two groups. In early February 1919, elections were held for a state assembly, the , in which the moderates gained control. An outbreak of violence at the time of the March 1920 Kapp Putsch led the national government to forcibly remove the Leipzig workers' council, the last one remaining in the state. Saxony went on to become a constituent state within the Weimar Republic in Nove ...
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