Organisation Consul

Organisation Consul is an ultra-nationalist force operating underground throughout Germany and the Rhenish Republic. It is considered a terrorist group by the German government. It is responsible for multiple assassinations, mass murders, bombings and non-fatal attacks, for a number of reasons ranging from politics to racism.
== Origins ==
The Organisation Consul was created in 1921 by Captain Hermann Ehrhardt following the disbanding of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt, a Freikorps force that had operated during the German Civil War. At its peak, it is believed to have had an underground strength of around a thousand members dispersed throughout Germany, with recent estimates being around three-hundred members following suppression by German authorities. Many of its recruits are believed to be sourced from Baden-Württemberg.
== Victims ==
The group is responsible for at least one-hundred murders, though a total count is made impossible due to the tactics used by the group to conceal their identities. Some notable victims include:
Date 	Victim 	Role 	Result 	Perpetrators
26 August 1921 	Matthias Erzberger 	Politician who signed the armistice 	ShootingTarget killed 	Heinrich Schultz, Heinrich Tillessen
7 May 1922 	Hans Paasche 	Naval officer who organized sailors to fight for the Spartacists in the Civil War 	ShootingTarget injured 	Unknown
4 June 1922 	Philipp Scheidemann 	Politician who declared the Weimar Republic 	Poison attackTarget injured 	Unknown
24 June 1922 	Walther Rathenau 	Jewish politician and supporter of the Weimar Republic 	ShootingTarget unscathed 	Ernst Werner Techow, Erwin Kern, Hermann Fischer
26 June 1922 	Charles Mangin 	French general who helped establish the Rhenish Republic 	BombingTarget injured 	Unknown
28 June 1922 	Ernst Thälmann 	Communist politician and leader of the Rotfrontkämpferbund 	BombingTarget unscathed 	Unknown
9 September 1922	Carl Severing 	Politician who participated in the negotiations for the Treaty of Aachen 	BombingTarget killed 	Unknown
7 January 1923 	Karl Liebknecht 	Communist politician and co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany 	ShootingTarget unscathed, 1 killed	Heiner Moritz
11 March 1923 	Karl Gareis 	Bavarian USPD politician 	ShootingTarget injured 	Erich Möhring, Lukas Katterfeld
23 April 1924 	Ernst Toller 	Bavarian left-wing playwright and USPD politician 	BombingTarget injured, 2 killed 	Hubert Glöckner
1 February 1925 	Multiple (notably Fritz Weineck)	Rotfrontkämpferbund meeting 	Mass shooting8 killed, 11 wounded 	Karl Erhard, Rüdiger Koch
9 August 1925 	Karl Höltermann 	Social Democratic politician in the Rhenish Republic 	BombingTarget unscathed 	Unknown
11 December 1925	Rosa Luxemburg 	Communist politician, leader of the Free Socialist Republic of Germany 	BombingTarget unscathed, 11 killed	Over a dozen perpetrators, nine arrested
2 March 1927 	Franz Josef Smeets 	Leftist Rhenish nationalist politician, founder of the Rhenish-Republican People's Party	ShootingTarget injured 	Unknown
27 July 1928 	Walter Ulbricht 	Communist politician 	ShootingTarget unscathed, 1 killed	Unknown
17 November 1929	Franz Josef Heinz 	Rhenish nationalist leader 	BombingTarget injured, 4 killed 	Edgar Jung
12 January 1930 	Wilhelm Pieck 	Communist politician 	BombingTarget injured, 3 killed 	Unknown
9 August 1931 	Konrad Adenauer 	Chancellor of the Rhenish Republic 	ShootingTarget unscathed, 2 killed	Erich Graf
== Foreign support ==
Support for the Organisation Consul primarily comes from Baden-Württemberg, where many of its key leaders reside, such as Ehrhardt himself. At various points it has been alleged that funding has come from the United Kingdom, France and Austria, though the accuracy of these claims are uncertain.
Category:Paramilitary groups
Category:German political organizations
Category:Anti-communist terrorism in Germany