General strike

“The proletarians no longer believe in the goodwill of the black-red-gold government to take socialization seriously and want to show the ruling powers by depriving them of their labor power that that they are willing to give weight to their demands,"Notice from the strike leadership in General strike: excesses and looting in Berlin in: Frankfurter Zeitung from 04.03.1919The General strike (sometimes also March fights) is a formative event that took place from March 3rd to March 8th, 1919 around the Platz.
Because the Berlin workers' councils did not see their demands from the November Revolution met, they called for a general strike on March 3, 1919. At this point, the strike had already begun in several Berlin companies. Among other things, the strikers demanded the socialization of key industries, the release of all political prisoners, the dissolution of the volunteer corps and the recognition of the workers' councils.
From March 4, the majority of workers took part in the general strike, bringing large parts of the economy to a standstill. 
The Prussian State Ministry reacted to the general strike by imposing a state of siege on Berlin. The military and various volunteer corps marched into the city on March 4, 1919. In the Scheunenviertel and around Alexanderplatz, large crowds kept gathering and violent clashes with the police broke out. Shops were also looted and police stations stormed. Heavy street and house fighting broke out during the brutal military operations. The workers erected barricades and tried to storm the police headquarters on Alexanderplatz. It could not be finally clarified whether this was due to workers on strike or was staged by the military and people close to the Freikorps.
From March 6, the Freikorps struck back, whereupon the rebellious workers retreated to the east. In Lichtenberg in particular, there were further street and house fights. According to the Reichswehr Minister Gustav Noske, 1,200 people died in Berlin, other sources speak of 2,000 dead. Most of them were summarily shot after their arrest or died when the workers' living quarters were bombed.taz from 03/12/2013
During the general strike, the dropping of the aircraft bomb.
== Photos ==
File:März ansa.png|workers marching at Koblanckstraße (Volksbühne on the left9
File:März.png|street fights a the Platz in Hanke- corner Linienstraße
File:März kampf.png|free corpses at Hirtenstraße ready to conquer the Platz
== References ==
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