Source C: Depth Study
Section C: Depth Study- history GCSE Hemali 10a
7a) Do you think source C was published by a supporter or opponent of the Weimar Government? I think that Source C was published by an opponent of the Weimar Government because all the way through the source; it criticises the Government and says how it lacks authority. This source shows us that the Government made things worse during the invasion and that they were the blame for the inflation. However, since it was written by Dr.Kapp who hates the Weimar Government then this source could be biased so therefore it’s not reliable. He had hated it when it came into power. Dr.Kapp was a right wing politician, and he was always critical of the Weimar government and this is …show more content…
The German people hated reparations anyway and they didn’t think it was fair for them to pay them since it wasn’t only them who fought in the war. The French and Belgians, however, disagreed and invaded the Ruhr region of the Rhineland and started taking German coal and raw materials as payment. This caused the German industrial production to collapse. This must have angered the German people as, not only was it a blatant violation of German sovereignty, but it was also theft and what were being stolen were the only things with which Germany could re-build her industry with. The French felt it was justified but the Germans, who saw reparations as quite the opposite, had no such thought. In the resistance the German government chose to introduce passive resistance, which triggered hyper-inflation and caused even greater suffering for the German people, giving them even greater reason to resent the invasion. The source shows a French soldier standing on and exerting his power over German materials, which cannot resist. This seems to sum up the Ruhr invasion and how according to the Germans, the French were kicking them while they were
7a) Do you think source C was published by a supporter or opponent of the Weimar Government? I think that Source C was published by an opponent of the Weimar Government because all the way through the source; it criticises the Government and says how it lacks authority. This source shows us that the Government made things worse during the invasion and that they were the blame for the inflation. However, since it was written by Dr.Kapp who hates the Weimar Government then this source could be biased so therefore it’s not reliable. He had hated it when it came into power. Dr.Kapp was a right wing politician, and he was always critical of the Weimar government and this is …show more content…
The German people hated reparations anyway and they didn’t think it was fair for them to pay them since it wasn’t only them who fought in the war. The French and Belgians, however, disagreed and invaded the Ruhr region of the Rhineland and started taking German coal and raw materials as payment. This caused the German industrial production to collapse. This must have angered the German people as, not only was it a blatant violation of German sovereignty, but it was also theft and what were being stolen were the only things with which Germany could re-build her industry with. The French felt it was justified but the Germans, who saw reparations as quite the opposite, had no such thought. In the resistance the German government chose to introduce passive resistance, which triggered hyper-inflation and caused even greater suffering for the German people, giving them even greater reason to resent the invasion. The source shows a French soldier standing on and exerting his power over German materials, which cannot resist. This seems to sum up the Ruhr invasion and how according to the Germans, the French were kicking them while they were