The Weimar Republic faced opposition from the outset in 1919‚ after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Economic hardship affected the whole nation and led to uprisings and assassinations. Key problems The Weimar Republic was created at a time of confusion and chaos after Germany had lost the First World War. Many people felt that Germany had received a very harsh deal in the Treaty of Versailles and they resented the government for signing it and agreeing to its conditions. The Weimar Republic
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The Weimar Republic was formed in the town of Weimar in February 1919 when a new German National Assembly was formed after the war. It was a democracy where everybody could vote. The parliament was called the Reichstag. The Weimar Republic had some enemies from both the left and the right. The opposition from the left came from the Spartakus‚ a group of communists that hoped to take over the Government‚ and were representing the workers of Germany. The Spartakus were led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl
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the political threats to the Weimar republic from the left and right in the period 1919-1923 There were many on the political right and left in Germany who wanted to see the new Republic overthrown by force‚ for the right wing the ‘stab in the back’ theory simply strengthened their resolve. Opposition from the extreme right was very different both in the form and in its extent to that of the extreme left‚ there was a mixed collection of opponents of the republic but all representatives of the
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Gustav Stresemann and Charles Dawes In 1923‚ the Weimar Republic was on the verge of collapse‚ but‚ surprisingly‚ the crisis was the start of a period of stability and success. The period 1923-1929 was a time when the economy boomed and cultural life flourished in Germany. This dramatic turnabout happened because Germany was saved by two people - Gustav Stresemann and Charles Dawes. Gustav Stresemann had been a nationalist‚ but he realised that something needed to be done to save Germany. The
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Weimar Republic History Essay: In 1924 the Weimar Republic’s prospects looked good. Many of its major problems had been overcome. However‚ other problems were still lying below the surface. By 1924 most of the political opponents of the Weimar Republic had been defeated. The communist group known as the Spartacists (founded by Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknwcht in 1915‚ and which had opposed participation in WWI) attempted to set up Soviets in many towns in 1919. Erbert withdrew the government
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What were the more significant threats to the stability and survival of the Weimar Republic in the years 1919 – 1923? The right wing of German politics in the early to mid-20th century contained mainly industrialists and white collar workers‚ who mostly all had instinctive ambitions for a return to a more autocratic German state as oppose to the newly formed Weimar Republic‚ for whom they had a particularly ambivalent attitude. The left wing was also almost entirely committed to class struggle
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factories to close elsewhere in germany‚ unemployment rose to 23%‚ tax money collapsed and the government’s solution was to print even more money. all this together caused a major Hyperinflation and by 1923 the value of the mark collapsed altogether by november 4 trillion marked equaled 1 dollar. In 1923 came the solution to this great depression of Germany. All financial support to the general strike in Ruhr was ceased‚ a new stable currency the Rentenmark was introduced it was equal to 1 trillion marks
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Slide one The Weimar Republic (1919-1933) was born in the aftermath of the defeat of Germany in World War I. After Germany lost the First World War‚ the Kaiser fled and a new democratic government of Germany was declared in February 1919 at the small town of Weimar. It was too dangerous to make a declaration in Berlin where there had just been a revolt by a Communist group called the Spartacists. The Weimar Republic was a genuine attempt to create a perfect democratic country. Slide two All
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The main threat to the stability of the Weimar republic in the period 1919-1923 came from the political violence of the extreme right. How far do you agree with this judgement? In the early years of the Weimar republic Germany had emerged from a humiliating defeat in the First World War‚ and hatred from the new state came from both the far left‚ who wanted a revolution to create a communist state‚ and the far right‚ who wanted to restore imperial Germany‚ stop all reparations and reverse the treaty
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The Weimar Republic Key features and issues * successes and failures of democracy * nature and role of nationalism * influence of the German army * changes in society From this tutorial you will learn about the political‚ economic and social issues in the Weimar Republic to 1929. The following are extracts from an article which first appeared in Teaching History‚ July 1998 and is expanded in the HTA Modern History Guide 2006. Political and Economic issues In order to understand
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