Weimar Government
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- Created on: 23-03-15 15:25
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- Weimar Government
- Weimar Constitution and political parties
- The president head of state; elected by the people every 7 years
- Powers: Dissolve Reichstag, select Chancellor
- Article 48: Emergencies allowed to make laws without the Reichstag
- Reichstag: represenve assembly and law making body of the parliment
- Chancellor: appointed by the president and needs support by the president
- Supporters: SPD, Centre Party, DDP and DVP (German People's Party
- Opponents: Conservative party (DVP) - wanted constitutional monarchy Right wing DNVP (opposed prior to 1925 and after 1929)
- Bill of Rights: Gave individuals rights such as freedom of speech and right to belong to a union
- The president head of state; elected by the people every 7 years
- Treaty of Versailles
- War Guilt : Acceptance to the blame of starting the war.
- Disarmament: army reduced to 100,000 men. Banned from having aircraft and submarines
- Reparations:£6.6million to pay for damages
- Territorial Arrangements: Alsace and Lorraine lost to France. Forbidden from uniting with Austria. Poland access to sea by Ger,am split
- Threats
- Left
- Spartacist Uprising (1919)
- Wanted to create a soviet republic
- Armed uprising in Berlin; formation of revolutionary committee and general strikes
- Crushed by the Germany Army and Freikorps (nationalist soldiers against Communism
- Armed uprising in Berlin; formation of revolutionary committee and general strikes
- Wanted to create a soviet republic
- German October (1919-23)
- number of strikes and the creation of an SPD'KPD state of government
- Overthrown by German army; unorganised and poor leadership
- number of strikes and the creation of an SPD'KPD state of government
- Spartacist Uprising (1919)
- Right
- Kapp Putsch (1920)
- Anger towards rearmament to Germany's army
- Seized government district of Berlin by 12,000 troops
- Failed to win support from civil service
- Seized government district of Berlin by 12,000 troops
- Anger towards rearmament to Germany's army
- Munich Putsch (1973)
- Hitler's wish to destroy republic regime
- Nazi supporters seized a large rally and declaration of the revolution
- insuffiecent support and resist from the army. HOWEVER, considered a dangerous threat to republic
- Nazi supporters seized a large rally and declaration of the revolution
- Hitler's wish to destroy republic regime
- Kapp Putsch (1920)
- Stab in the back myth: nationalist right stated that those who supported the weimar government were portrayed as traitors and un-german
- Left
- Inflation and Hyper inflation
- Needed to pay back reparations, led to increase of paper money printing.
- Ruhr Crisis (1921): France and Belgium invaded Ruhr . which added tp the damaged Germany Economy
- Consequences
- Damage to the middle class
- Businessmen and homeworkers able to pay off debts and mortgages
- saving bonds became worthless and wiped out in the inflation
- Increase in crimes and suicides
- Weimar Constitution and political parties
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