manipulation of the German people was seen following the American market crash of 1929 when unemployment imprisoned nearly 14% of the available workforce (196). With no noticeable intervention from the Weimar Republic‚ ordinary people were under the impression that democracy had failed the republic and they believed the current system should be removed (196). Capitalizing on the vulnerability of the German people‚ Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) exploited the situation
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European History April 22‚ 2013 Weimar Republic In the years following World War I‚ Germany had suddenly became a democratic state. The Weimar Republic created a divided situation in Germany‚ one that led to its downfall. The weak leadership of those at the head of government‚ the apathy of the German population towards democracy and the outright rejection of democracy by the communists were all factors that led to the instability and downfall of the Weimar Republic. The weak leadership of the German
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Essay: Weimar was ’a sick economy’ unable to carry out redistribution of wealth and resources. To what extent do you agree with this statement? The Weimar Republic was a period in German history which occurred between 1919 and 1933 which was when the government was a democratic republic governed by a constitution. The end of the Weimar Republic occurred when Adolf Hitler took control. Under the Weimar constitution‚ Germany was divided into 19 different states. Many people had equal rights‚ because
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Was the Spartacist uprising the most important problem faced by the Weimar Republic in the years 1919-1924? Explain your answer. The Weimar Republic faced several problems during the years 1919-24‚ one being the Spartacist uprising. The Spartacists‚ a very communist party‚ were a threat to the Weimar‚ and became troublesome‚ making retaliation inevitable. The Weimar government however could not defend themselves in any physical way‚ so had to depend on the Freikorp‚ a more right wing group‚ to defend
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The Weimar Republic started in 1919 to substitute the German empire. The name came from the city of Weimar. The Weimar Republic had faced a lot of problems through those fourteen years such as not continuing their alliance with the winners of the First World War‚ hyperinflation‚ and political extremists. They had also stopped some of the demands of the Treaty of Versailles. The Reichstag Fire Decree was basically the start of the Communist revolution which led to the elimination of the constitutional
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Clearly‚ through a series of economic‚ sociocultural and political traumas‚ belief in the nascent democratic order was consistently challenged over the course of 14 years. At its inception‚ the Weimar Republic inherited a slew of disaffected soldiers and possesed poor infrastructure with which to address their grievances. To make matters worse‚ the harsh reparation requirements stipulated by the Allies not only served to further weaken Germany’s crippled postwar economy‚ but also served as an example
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How did the Weimar Republic come about? Why did it face difficulties in its first 6 months? In November 1918‚ Germany had clearly been defeated by their allies; Britain‚ France and the U.S.A. The allies offered Germany a peace offering‚ but under very strict conditions. The armistice that the allies wanted Germany to sign was called Article 231 and it consisted of the Kaiser taking the entire blame for World War 1. The Kaisers confidence had already been crushed because of their defeat so he refused
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How successful was the Weimar Republic (1919-1923)? As First World War end Germany had to face different problems. One of these problems was the fact that as the Kaiser abdicated‚ a new government was created. This new government was The Weimar Republic and the First President of the Republic was Friedrich Ebert. On the one hand‚ the Weimar republic brought many improvements to Germany and learned to cope with the problems the country was facing at the time. As soon as Friedrich Ebert became the
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Weimar was doomed from the start The Weimar Republic failed due to a popular distrust in democracy that was reinforced by severe economic crises and aggravated by the ‘Chains of Versailles’ and the actions of the right wing. Hyperinflation in the early 1920s and then the Great Depression from 1929 meant that the Weimar Republic never really prospered‚ and caused social upheaval in the form of a crime wave‚ as well as being tainted from the start by its association with the embarrassing Treaty of
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“Why the Weimar republic was doomed from the outset “ They are many reasons why people thought the Weimar Republic was bound to fail from the start‚ especially when it was set up in 1919 after the First World War in which Germany had suffered a humiliating defeat and the German Revolution of 1918-19 which overthrew the Kaiser. Named after the city of Weimar where the new constitution was written‚ it introduced democracy to Germany and a new untested system of government lasting until January 1933
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