democratic form of government‚ Germany’s Weimar Republic was one which felt the strains of introducing a totally new and different regime more than most other democratic states ever had before. Despite having handled some issues successfully in the first half of the twentieth century‚ the Weimar Republic failed to deal with the majority of the problems that it faced as a leading body. The conclusion of the First World War brought with it many challenges which the Weimar struggled to address effectively
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On November‚ 9 of 1918‚ they announce on the radio the beginning of a new government. that government was the weimar. The Weimar was a good thing for some and brought many successes for Germany. Still‚ along with the many successes they also had failures. in 1923‚ they couldn’t pay the reparations. So they ended up having to print more money to pay them. This caused hyperinflation. Their money became so useless people made fire with the stacks of money. The same year‚ a man named Gustav Stresemann
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Weimer Republic was due to external factors beyond its control and the rise of a German messiah"? In 1933‚ the Weimer Republic was officially abolished by Hitler‚ the German ’messiah.’ The Weimer Republic was replaced by his opposite‚ its contrast. From a democratic state to a state ruled by a ’messiah.’ Was it inedible that the Weimer Republic would become a failure? Or would different conditions have changed the occurred? There where different external factors the Weimer Republic where forced
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The Weimar Republic was set up in Germany after world war one‚ after the Kaiser had been abducted in 1918 . It was the most democratic government in the world‚ even allowing women to vote. The new government got off to a bad start‚ Germany was nearly bankrupt and unemployment was higher than ever. They were labelled ‘November criminals’ due to the agreement of the treaty of Versailles and unpaid reparations lead to challenges from political extremists. The new system of government was weak and faced
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The period between 1924 and 1929 is known as the ‘Golden Age’ or ‘The Years of Hope’. Some people think that the Weimar Republic recovered‚ but others disagree and think that it’d got worse or was only a slight improvement. During the years 1924 to 1929 the Weimar Republic appeared to recover from the disasters of 1923. The period of 1924 - 1929 is often seen as the high point of the Weimar Republic. This interpretation is also heightened by the fact that the period before it (1919-1923) was filled
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and decline of the Weimar Republic‚ it is necessary to assess other factors which also added to its failure. The Great Depression was a prominent reason in the latter stages of the Weimar republics collapse‚ it accelerated its failure in 1929 and by 1932 arguably the Weimar Republic couldn’t go on. Despite this‚ the main cause of the collapse was the continuous poor economic state of Germany which hindered the success of democracy and finally resulted in the failure of the Weimar. The results of the
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Weimar Republic: 1919-1933 Even though it was obvious that Germany could not have won the war‚ a legend was created and spread amongst the German people that the undefeated German army had been stabbed in the back by the democrats (the November criminals). In July 1919‚ the new democratic constitution was passed with a 23 majority. When it was officially proclaimed in August‚ Germany became a parliamentary democracy. The fact that Germany was now a democracy was not taken into account at the Versailles
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The crisis which ultimately led to the collapse of the Weimar Republic was contributed by World War 1 and political‚ cultural and economic factors. The Weimar Republic would have continued to be a functional government far longer than achieved if not for the economic burdens imposed by the Great Depression‚ the flawed Article 48 and the rise of the Hitler and the Nazi Party. These factors eventually contributed to the downfall of Germany’s first attempt at a legitimate Democracy. The societal‚ economical
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In the early 1920’s‚ hyperinflation and £6600m worth of war reparation payments sent Weimar Germany into deep finiancial decline and a economic slump. It was in 1924‚ shortly after Gustav Stresemann introduced the Rentenmark when the situation started to improve‚ started by implementation of the American ’Dawes plan’ in August. The key factors of this plan were the agreement that the reparations should paid over a lengthened period of time‚ and the £100m worth of gold given to Germany to strengthen
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government briefly negotiated with the revolutionaries. However neither side were willing to make significant concessions in their demands. As the negotiations faltered‚ the protests became violent. Ebert moved his government to the safety of the town of Weimar and called in a combination of German soldiers and members of the Freikorps (A group mainly of former soldiers). Fully armed and having received training and experience of fighting in the First World War‚ they were more than a match for the Spartacists
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