Was the Weimar Republic Doomed from the Start?
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- Was the Weimar Republic Doomed From the Start?
- How Did Germany Emerge From Defeat in WWI?
- The Weimar Government
- The Reichsrat
- Upper House - could delay measures passed by the Reichstag
- The Reichstag
- The new German Parliament
- Elected by Proportional Representation
- The new German Parliament
- The President
- Frederick Ebert
- The Reichsrat
- The Impact of the War on Germany
- Virtually bankrupt
- War left 600,000 widows and 2 million children without fathers
- By 1925 the state was spending about 1/3 of its budget on war pensions
- National income was about 1/3 of what it had been in 1913
- Industrial production was about 2/3 of what it had been in 1913
- War left 600,000 widows and 2 million children without fathers
- Unstable revolution and became a republic
- Stresses of war led to a revolution Oct-Nov 1918
- The Weimar Government
- The Reichsrat
- Upper House - could delay measures passed by the Reichstag
- The Reichstag
- The new German Parliament
- Elected by Proportional Representation
- The new German Parliament
- The President
- Frederick Ebert
- The Reichsrat
- The Weimar Government
- Many ex-soldiers and civilians despised the new Republic as they believed the old hero FM Hindenburg had been betrayed
- Stresses of war led to a revolution Oct-Nov 1918
- Deepened divisions within German society
- Huge gaps between living standards of rich and poor
- During the war women were called up to work in factories - many saw this as damaging to traditional family values and society as a whole
- Many German workers were bitter about their poor pay during the war while factory owners made fortunes
- Virtually bankrupt
- The Weimar Government
- What Were the Economic and Political Impacts of the Treaty of Versailles on the Weimar Republic?
- Reasons for Discontent
- Thousands of people were poor and starving
- Many Germans denied that they had lost the war and blamed the 'November Criminals'
- Communists
- Government
- Jews
- TTOV had made living conditions worse - the government was seen as weak and ineffective
- The Threat From the Left
- 1919 - The Spartacists Revolt
- Led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
- Tried to take over Berlin
- Defeated by a vigilante force of Communist-hating ex-soldiers
- The Freikorps
- Defeated by a vigilante force of Communist-hating ex-soldiers
- 1919 - Bavarian Uprising
- Socialist ally of Ebert, Kurt Eisner, murdered
- Communists declared soviet republic in Bavaria
- Revolt was crushed
- The Freikorps
- Revolt was crushed
- Communists declared soviet republic in Bavaria
- Socialist ally of Ebert, Kurt Eisner, murdered
- 1919 - The Spartacists Revolt
- The Threat From the Right
- 1920 - The Kapp Putsch
- Dr W. Kapp led 5,000 Freikorps into Berlin
- Army refused to fire - it seemed the Weimar was doomed
- General strike brought Berlin to a halt
- Kapp realised he couldn't win and fled
- General strike brought Berlin to a halt
- Army refused to fire - it seemed the Weimar was doomed
- Dr W. Kapp led 5,000 Freikorps into Berlin
- 1922 - Rathenau Assassination
- Foreign minister Rathenau was assassinated by extremists
- He was Jewish
- Foreign minister Rathenau was assassinated by extremists
- 1920 - The Kapp Putsch
- 1923 - The Ruhr
- Germany couldn't pay reparations
- French and Belgian troops occupied the industrial area
- Took what was owed to them in the form of raw materials and goods
- Government ordered general strike so there would be no goods to take
- Hyperinflation
- What Were the Economic and Political Impacts of the Treaty of Versailles on the Weimar Republic?
- Reasons for Discontent
- Thousands of people were poor and starving
- Many Germans denied that they had lost the war and blamed the 'November Criminals'
- Communists
- Government
- Jews
- TTOV had made living conditions worse - the government was seen as weak and ineffective
- The Threat From the Left
- 1919 - The Spartacists Revolt
- Led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
- Tried to take over Berlin
- Defeated by a vigilante force of Communist-hating ex-soldiers
- Defeated by a vigilante force of Communist-hating ex-soldiers
- 1919 - Bavarian Uprising
- Socialist ally of Ebert, Kurt Eisner, murdered
- Communists declared soviet republic in Bavaria
- Revolt was crushed
- Revolt was crushed
- Communists declared soviet republic in Bavaria
- Socialist ally of Ebert, Kurt Eisner, murdered
- 1919 - The Spartacists Revolt
- The Threat From the Right
- 1920 - The Kapp Putsch
- Dr W. Kapp led 5,000 Freikorps into Berlin
- Army refused to fire - it seemed the Weimar was doomed
- General strike brought Berlin to a halt
- Kapp realised he couldn't win and fled
- General strike brought Berlin to a halt
- Army refused to fire - it seemed the Weimar was doomed
- Dr W. Kapp led 5,000 Freikorps into Berlin
- 1922 - Rathenau Assassination
- Foreign minister Rathenau was assassinated by extremists
- He was Jewish
- Foreign minister Rathenau was assassinated by extremists
- 1920 - The Kapp Putsch
- 1923 - The Ruhr
- Germany couldn't pay reparations
- French and Belgian troops occupied the industrial area
- Took what was owed to them in the form of raw materials and goods
- Government ordered general strike so there would be no goods to take
- Hyperinflation
- Production could not keep up with currency
- Wages were payed twice a day before prices went up again
- Middle Classes suffered as savings became worthless
- Hyperinflation
- Government ordered general strike so there would be no goods to take
- Took what was owed to them in the form of raw materials and goods
- French and Belgian troops occupied the industrial area
- Germany couldn't pay reparations
- Reasons for Discontent
- Production could not keep up with currency
- Wages were payed twice a day before prices went up again
- Middle Classes suffered as savings became worthless
- What Were the Economic and Political Impacts of the Treaty of Versailles on the Weimar Republic?
- Hyperinflation
- Government ordered general strike so there would be no goods to take
- Took what was owed to them in the form of raw materials and goods
- French and Belgian troops occupied the industrial area
- Germany couldn't pay reparations
- Reasons for Discontent
- To What Extent Did the Weimar Recover after 1923?
- Gustav Stresemann
- September 1923 - tells workers in the Ruhr to go back to work
- 1925 - French and Belgian troops left the Ruhr
- 1924 - the Dawes Plan
- USA lends money to Germany
- Germany pays back France and Britain
- Britain and France pay debts back to the USA
- USA lends money to Germany
- Germany pays back France and Britain
- Britain and France pay debts back to the USA
- Britain and France pay debts back to the USA
- Germany pays back France and Britain
- USA lends money to Germany
- Britain and France pay debts back to the USA
- Germany pays back France and Britain
- USA lends money to Germany
- Oct 1925 - agreed Locarno Treaties
- Western borders of Germany agreed
- He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts
- Western borders of Germany agreed
- 1926 - Germany joined the League of Nations
- 1928 - Germany was one of 65 countries to sign to Kelogg-Briand Pact
- 1929 - the Young Plan replaces Dawes Plan
- Reparations reduced by 3/4 and Germany had 59 years to pay them
- September 1923 - tells workers in the Ruhr to go back to work
- Gustav Stresemann
- What Were the Achievements of the Weimar Period?
- Culture
- Berlin became an international centre for culture
- Advances in art, architecture, music and literature
- Fritz Lang - successful German film director
- New and Bold developments
- Drama of Bertolt Brecht
- Bauhaus School of Design
- Weimar Republic encourages critical thinking
- Frankfurt University
- To What Extent Did the Weimar Recover after 1923?
- Gustav Stresemann
- September 1923 - tells workers in the Ruhr to go back to work
- 1925 - French and Belgian troops left the Ruhr
- 1924 - the Dawes Plan
- Oct 1925 - agreed Locarno Treaties
- Western borders of Germany agreed
- He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts
- Western borders of Germany agreed
- 1926 - Germany joined the League of Nations
- 1928 - Germany was one of 65 countries to sign to Kelogg-Briand Pact
- 1929 - the Young Plan replaces Dawes Plan
- Reparations reduced by 3/4 and Germany had 59 years to pay them
- September 1923 - tells workers in the Ruhr to go back to work
- Gustav Stresemann
- Culture
- How Did Germany Emerge From Defeat in WWI?
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