Question

Who was called the November criminals?

Answer 1

Answer:

November criminals are those who supported Weimar Republic mainly socialists, Catholics, democrats as they were thought to be responsible for treaty of versailles. It was the Weimar Republic who accepted and signed the treaty of versailles with the Allies. They were the easy targets of attack in the conservative nationalists circles, so they were targeted.

• The German politicians who mediated and signed the armistice that ended World War I in November 1918 were called ‘November Criminals’.
• German political opponents labelled them the November Criminals since they believed the German army had enough power to fight on and that surrendering was a betrayal or crime, and that the British military had not necessarily lost on the battlefield.
• Many of the November Criminals were early resistance representatives who helped to lead the German Revolution of 1918-1919.
• Several of them went on to lead the Weimar Republic, that would serve as the foundation for postwar German reconstruction in the years to come.