The Spartaquista uprising began in Berlin. Inspired by the Russian Revolution, the working class called for a revolutionary general strike and for seven days they occupied factories and several strategic points in order to empower themselves.

The ruling Social Democratic Party immediately reacted: With anti-communist militias from Freikorp, he put heavy pressure on the workers. The repression killed more than 5,000 people, including the leaders of the Rosa Luxemburg Communist Party and Karl Liebtnecht. They were executed in cold blood.

Despite the failure of the Spartakist Uprising, in the coming decades it was a very important attempt at revolution.