Dr Wolfgang Kapp

Who was Wolfgang Kapp?

Dr Wolfgang Kapp was a right-wing nationalist who disliked the Weimar Republic.

What did Wolfgang Kapp do?

Dr Wolfgang Kapp is famous for leading a right-wing uprising of the Freikorps against the Weimar Republic in March 1920. It failed because the workers went on strike.

Was Dr Wolfgang Kapp punished?

Dr Wolfgang Kapp fled to Sweden. He returned to Germany, and while he was waiting to be put on trial, he died of cancer.