Weimar backround info
- Created by: Crmorgan2003
- Created on: 10-03-20 12:04
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- Background Information: 1914 - 1920
- In 1914 Germany was the greatest power in Europe
- it had the worlds most powerful army
- industry second to the USA
- Wages and standard of living were high
- Its culture was respected around the world
- Germany at this stage was not a full democracy
- Ruled by a Kaiser who inherited the position who then appointed a Chancellor
- Important groups in society: land owning gentry; aristocrats; army & new rich industrialists.
- The Reichstag was dominated by the SPD - supported by the working class.
- SPD: wanted to abolish the monarchy and create a true democracy.
- WW1 - two opposing sides worked together
- as the war went badly for Germany, this unity disappeared.
- Late 1917: Germany virtually a military dictatoryship
- Under Field Marshall Von Hindenbury
- & his deputy: General Von Lundendorff
- They were in charge as the war came to an end.
- & his deputy: General Von Lundendorff
- Under Field Marshall Von Hindenbury
- A liberal government was appointed by the Kaiser to oversee the piece negotiations with the Allies
- The government called for an Armistice or ceasefire.
- Followed by a revolution & the Kaisers abdication
- The government called for an Armistice or ceasefire.
- Germany became a republic governed by a moderate socialist government
- Led by Friedrich Ebert.
- A new constitution was drawn up
- The government met to decide this in Weimar
- Berlin too dangerous
- The government met to decide this in Weimar
- In 1914 Germany was the greatest power in Europe
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