Organisation Consul

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Organisation Consul was a clandestine far-right German paramilitary group of the early Weimar Republic, notorious for political assassinations and violent opposition to the democratic government.

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Label Occurrences
Organisation Consul canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German political organization ⓘ
clandestine paramilitary organization ⓘ
far-right terrorist organization ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1922 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1920 ⓘ
armed true ⓘ
classification terrorist organization by contemporary authorities ⓘ
composedOf former Freikorps members ⓘ
former naval officers ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dissolutionReason state repression after high-profile assassinations ⓘ
dissolvedBy German authorities ⓘ
financing support from right-wing nationalist networks ⓘ
foundedBy Hermann Ehrhardt ⓘ
goal establishment of an authoritarian nationalist regime ⓘ
overthrow of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
hasLeader Hermann Ehrhardt ⓘ
historicalContext post-World War I political violence in Germany ⓘ
ideology anti-democratic ⓘ
anti-republican ⓘ
far-right ⓘ
völkisch nationalism ⓘ
inspired later right-wing terrorist groups in Germany ⓘ
linkedTo Freikorps movement ⓘ
German nationalist circles ⓘ
notableEvent series of political murders in early 1920s Germany ⓘ
notableFor assassination of Matthias Erzberger ⓘ
assassination of Walther Rathenau ⓘ
operatedIn Weimar Republic ⓘ
operationalStructure secret cells ⓘ
opposed Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
opposedFormOfGovernment parliamentary democracy ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
partOf right-wing paramilitary milieu of early Weimar Republic ⓘ
perpetratedAssassinationOf Matthias Erzberger ⓘ
Walther Rathenau ⓘ
precededBy Marinebrigade Ehrhardt ⓘ
secretive true ⓘ
status dissolved ⓘ
supportedFormOfGovernment authoritarian nationalist state ⓘ
targeted republican politicians ⓘ
supporters of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
usedMethod clandestine operations ⓘ
political assassination ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matthias Erzberger → killedBy → Organisation Consul ⓘ
Marinebrigade Ehrhardt → influenced → Organisation Consul ⓘ