‘The Role Hindenburg Played Was the Most Significant Factor in Helping Create the Weimar Republic’
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The role that Hindenburg played was the most significant factor in helping create the Weimar Republic; however there were also other contributing factors which assisted the creation of the Weimar Republic.
Firstly, the role that Hindenburg played was the most significant factor in helping create the Weimar Republic. This is because after the sudden announcement that World War one was lost, he and Erich Ludendorff went to Kaiser Wilhelm II and informed him that they wanted to create a new government. This new government would be made up of representatives from the biggest parties that were in the Reichstag. Although the Kaiser was, at first, tentative whether or not to do this, he eventually agreed and Germany became a democratic country. The creation of this democratic country meant that the country was now being run in a way that Hindenburg went against. The reason he wanted to make Germany a democratic country was that, by doing this, he hoped that he would be able to make the Treaty of Versailles have better terms. Another reason that he wanted to become a democratic country is that he hoped that the blame for the loss of the war would be diverted to Prince Max’s government ministers.
Friedrich Ebert also played a significant role in the creation of the Weimar Republic. Friedrich Ebert was the leader of the SPD (Social Democratic Party) in the years of the 1918-1919 he was one of the dominate figures within the socialist government. When the Weimar Government was formed, Friedrich Ebert was the first man to be appointed president and received constant jeers from the upper class of Germany as he was brought up in a lower class family. Friedrich Ebert was very capable