The Economic Hardships Of The Weimar Republic
After Germany’s forced claim of the loss of WW1, they experienced exponential economic hardships as a country. These economic hardships kept becoming more of a major problem for the German government and public, leaving German people more and more desperate for help and change and even more vulnerable to manipulation. Factors such as the Treaty of Versailles and the betrayal many German people felt, the Weimar Republic and their failure to fix Germany’s economic problems and the Great depression and its effect on their people and the economy. These all opened gateways into power for a dictator who knew exactly how to open them. This essay will discuss the causes of Germany’s economic hardship and the extent of which it contributed to a determined
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After coming to power in November 9th, 1918, Germany was declared a republic (Richards, 2018). From the beginning of the Weimar Republic, the country was weakened due to the effects of war. With also being unfamiliar with democracy, described as being ‘A democracy without democrats’ (Mason, 2003). The Weimar kept using short term fixes on their economic hardships. The President uses Article 48 on 135 occasions (Mason, 2003), an emergency power that allowed him to ‘Rule on his own without the Reichstag—rather like a dictator’ (Allan, 2008). Desperate to pay wages reparations the Weimar printed money. Causing a worse circumstance. hyper-inflation. Money now held no value and the German people were furious, and the ‘Weimar was blamed’ (Mendum, 2008). This in turn cuts jobs, drastically raised the price of their money, the Mark, leading Germany into another tragedy and economic hardship. The Weimar Republic kept failing and knowing how influential Hitler could be and being in dire need to save their country, Germany’s chancellor Franz von Papen remarked ‘We’ve hired him for our act’ (Mason, 2003). Although Hitler didn't support from all, even President von Hindenburg called Him a ‘Queer Fellow’ (Mason, 2003). They all could see Hitler’s influence on the people. However, they didn’t see his underlying cunningness and that he would use this opportunity to keep climbing up to have complete
After coming to power in November 9th, 1918, Germany was declared a republic (Richards, 2018). From the beginning of the Weimar Republic, the country was weakened due to the effects of war. With also being unfamiliar with democracy, described as being ‘A democracy without democrats’ (Mason, 2003). The Weimar kept using short term fixes on their economic hardships. The President uses Article 48 on 135 occasions (Mason, 2003), an emergency power that allowed him to ‘Rule on his own without the Reichstag—rather like a dictator’ (Allan, 2008). Desperate to pay wages reparations the Weimar printed money. Causing a worse circumstance. hyper-inflation. Money now held no value and the German people were furious, and the ‘Weimar was blamed’ (Mendum, 2008). This in turn cuts jobs, drastically raised the price of their money, the Mark, leading Germany into another tragedy and economic hardship. The Weimar Republic kept failing and knowing how influential Hitler could be and being in dire need to save their country, Germany’s chancellor Franz von Papen remarked ‘We’ve hired him for our act’ (Mason, 2003). Although Hitler didn't support from all, even President von Hindenburg called Him a ‘Queer Fellow’ (Mason, 2003). They all could see Hitler’s influence on the people. However, they didn’t see his underlying cunningness and that he would use this opportunity to keep climbing up to have complete