Emergence Of The Weimar Republic
Germany 1918 – 1939
Principal focus: Students investigate the key features and issues of the history of Germany 1918 – 1919
Key features and issues:
- Successes and failures of democracy
- Nature and role of nationalism
- Influence of the German army
- Nature and influence of racism
- Changes in society
- The nature and impact of Nazism
- Aims and impact of Nazi foreign policy
Students learn about:
1. Weimar Republic
- Emergence of the Democratic Republic and the impact of the Treaty of Versailles
- Political, economic and social issues in the Weimar Republic to 1929
- Collapse of the Weimar Republic 1929 – 1933
- Impact of the Great Depression on Germany 2. The …show more content…
Weimar Republic
Emergence of the Democratic Republic and the impact of the Treaty of Versailles
Emergence of the Democratic Republic
- Oct. 2 1918 ®Reichstag was told Germany cannot win the war. Allies demanded the Germans establish democracy before peace would be discussed; this meant Kaiser Wilhelm II had to abdicate, which he refused to do.
- German revolution started at Kiel, where there was mutiny in the navy. Workers/soldiers soon followed their example, and revolution spread.
- 9 Nov. ®revolution came to Berlin, and the Kaiser finally agreed to abdicate after being told army was no longer at his command. Power was now handed to Social Democratic Party (SPD), with their leader Friedrich Ebert becoming chancellor.
- 9 Nov. ®Ebert received phone call from General Groener, commander of the army. Groener wanted support for officer corps, and in return would support govt. in resisting left-wing extremist attacks. Ebert agreed.
- To enforce law/order, irregular volunteer companies (known as Freikorps) were established to ‘defend Germany against communism’. Killed thousands of suspected …show more content…
2nd largest party in Reichstag.
- The presidential elections occurred in 1932. Hindenburg, a nationalist leader, communist, and Hitler ran. The Nazis had a vigorous election campaign. Membership was around 45,000 and in 3 weeks 300 political meetings were arranged. The first election on the 14th of March 1932 saw no clear majority. A second round of voting was set for 10th of April. Hitler visited 21 cities in one week. Hindenburg won the election with a 53% majority but Hitler was second with 36.8% of the vote. Allan Bullock: to millions of Germans, who had barely heard of him before, Hitler had become a familiar figure Hitler’s accession to power · General Kurt von Schleicher was a close friend of Hindenburg and was impressed by the Nazi’s growing electoral success, their right-winged views, opposition to communism, and the fact they worked within the system (or appeared
Principal focus: Students investigate the key features and issues of the history of Germany 1918 – 1919
Key features and issues:
- Successes and failures of democracy
- Nature and role of nationalism
- Influence of the German army
- Nature and influence of racism
- Changes in society
- The nature and impact of Nazism
- Aims and impact of Nazi foreign policy
Students learn about:
1. Weimar Republic
- Emergence of the Democratic Republic and the impact of the Treaty of Versailles
- Political, economic and social issues in the Weimar Republic to 1929
- Collapse of the Weimar Republic 1929 – 1933
- Impact of the Great Depression on Germany 2. The …show more content…
Weimar Republic
Emergence of the Democratic Republic and the impact of the Treaty of Versailles
Emergence of the Democratic Republic
- Oct. 2 1918 ®Reichstag was told Germany cannot win the war. Allies demanded the Germans establish democracy before peace would be discussed; this meant Kaiser Wilhelm II had to abdicate, which he refused to do.
- German revolution started at Kiel, where there was mutiny in the navy. Workers/soldiers soon followed their example, and revolution spread.
- 9 Nov. ®revolution came to Berlin, and the Kaiser finally agreed to abdicate after being told army was no longer at his command. Power was now handed to Social Democratic Party (SPD), with their leader Friedrich Ebert becoming chancellor.
- 9 Nov. ®Ebert received phone call from General Groener, commander of the army. Groener wanted support for officer corps, and in return would support govt. in resisting left-wing extremist attacks. Ebert agreed.
- To enforce law/order, irregular volunteer companies (known as Freikorps) were established to ‘defend Germany against communism’. Killed thousands of suspected …show more content…
2nd largest party in Reichstag.
- The presidential elections occurred in 1932. Hindenburg, a nationalist leader, communist, and Hitler ran. The Nazis had a vigorous election campaign. Membership was around 45,000 and in 3 weeks 300 political meetings were arranged. The first election on the 14th of March 1932 saw no clear majority. A second round of voting was set for 10th of April. Hitler visited 21 cities in one week. Hindenburg won the election with a 53% majority but Hitler was second with 36.8% of the vote. Allan Bullock: to millions of Germans, who had barely heard of him before, Hitler had become a familiar figure Hitler’s accession to power · General Kurt von Schleicher was a close friend of Hindenburg and was impressed by the Nazi’s growing electoral success, their right-winged views, opposition to communism, and the fact they worked within the system (or appeared