Historical Investigation
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A: Plan of Investigation i) Aim of the Investigation On the 23rd October 1923 the communist party of Hamburg attempted a putsch. The uprising was put to an end after no more than three days. Despite getting a considerable amount of votes in the elections of 1921, the communists received extremely little support from the citizen during the uprising itself. The aim of this investigation is to find out to what extent the communists were actually supported by the citizens of Hamburg and what factors influenced the extent of support. ii) Methods used in the investigation To find out about this, an eye-witness account of the chief of the police of Hamburg in 1923 as well as a speech by one of the leading German communists of the time has been studied. Additionally photographs of the uprising as well as eye-witness accounts of uninvolved citizens have been looked at. To get a broader overview,...


