| Organisation Consul | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Hermann Ehrhardt |
| Foundation | 1920 |
| Dissolved | 21 July 1922 |
| Motives | Destroy the Weimar republic and establish a right-wing dictatorship[1] |
| Headquarters | Trautenwolfstraße 8, Munich, Germany[2] |
| Ideology | German nationalism Antisemitism National populism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Major actions | Political assassination Political terrorism |
| Notable attacks | Assassinated 354 people[3] |
| Status | Banned[4] |
| Size | 5,000 personnel |
| Means of revenue | Arms trafficking with the IRA and various other groups |
| Flag | .svg) |
Organisation Consul (O.C.) was an ultra-nationalist and anti-Semitic terrorist organization that operated in the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1922. It was formed by members of the disbanded Freikorps group Marine Brigade Ehrhardt and was responsible for political assassinations that had the ultimate goal of destroying the Republic and replacing it with a right-wing dictatorship. Its two most prominent victims were the former finance minister Matthias Erzberger and Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau. The group was banned by the German government in 1922.
- ^ Stern, Howard (March 1963). "The Organisation Consul". Journal of Modern History. 35 (1). University of Chicago Press: 20–32. doi:10.1086/243595. S2CID 143212336.
- ^ Hübner, Christoph. "Historical Lexicon of Bavaria: Viking League, 1923-1928". Historisches Lexikon Bayerns (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ Stern, Howard (March 1963). The Organisation Consul. The Journal of Modern History. University of Chicago Press. Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 20-32.
- ^ "[Erstes] Gesetz zum Schutze der Republik. Vom 21. Juli 1922". documentArchiv.de (in German).
- ^ Szejnmann, Claus-Christian W. (1999). Nazism in Central Germany: The Brownshirts in 'Red' Saxony. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 38. ISBN 1-57181-942-8. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Hübner, Christoph. "Historical Lexicon of Bavaria: Viking League, 1923-1928". Historisches Lexikon Bayerns (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2015.