Weimar Republic

extremists severely threatened the Weimar Republic, leading to its inevitable collapse. The upsurge of key figures such as Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in the Spartacist Uprising in 1919 displayed how the Republic were unprepared for any attack. Moreover, this threat was not noticed as two successive revolts took place in 1920 and 1923. However, other factors have surfaced to suggest that other threats were at hand. For example, it can be argued that flaws in the Weimar Constitution and…

have weakness the Weimar Republic. The Social classes and modernism shaped the Weimar Republic. The social classes were poor, working and rich class. Depending on the class, the class related to either Right or Left party. Moreover, the rich class did support Right party. Which it means, The Right had an advantage economically. Hence, the Left had the most support from poor and working class (middle class). But, it seem the Weimar Republic needed more than people support. The Weimar Republic’s…

many reasons for the collapse of the Weimar Republic, these include the economic problems, rise in extreme political parties, the failure of the Weimar Constitution and key individuals, and the loss of the First World War. Although the economic problems were intrinsic to the collapse, without the loss of World War One, the economic and political problems faced by Germany wouldn’t have been as severe and therfore wouldn’t have led to the collapse of the Weimar. The Wall Street crash in 1929…

the Weimar republic appeared as though it was doomed to fail. It was created in the midst of vast and widespread political and social unrest as a result of the war. The Weimar republic was ultimately destined to be an unstable form of government due to the difficult economic circumstances facing Germany in the post war era; the violence that occurred from the extreme political left and the extreme political right. Firstly, it can be argued that one of the main problems facing the new Weimar…

innovator for new technology advances, and political revolutions. Following WWI, the Weimar Republic underwent economic depression as well as political pressures due to the amounts of political parties trying to take power; insecurity of the people is reflected in the culture through music and visual art movements. High unemployment and war debt contributed to the immense economic depression of the Weimar republic. The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that imposed Germany to pay for the…

The Weimar Republic was created to end World War 1 because the Allie’s would have never agreed to sign a peace treaty with the Monarch that rules Germany at the time. It was the first time that Germany was never ruled by a democratic government until now and the situation that the Weimar Republic was formed under made it an uneasy system. People sometimes think that the reason the Weimar Republic fell was because of Hitler and the Nazi party however it was just a simple matter of…

significance of the failure of the Weimar Republic. Post WW1, Germany was in complete and utter disarray. A new government had been put into place to replace the abdicated Kaiser Wilhems II. The governments’ questionable decision making and democratic government system led to many significant events in Germany from 1919-1945. Founded by Fredrich Ebert in 1919 the Weimar Republic caused a large amount of social, economic and political problems within the country. The Weimar Republic was formed…

the throne.”. Ensuing the abdication of the Kaiser, the Social Democrats of the Reichstag assumed control of the government, proclaiming the Republic in an effort to restore Germany- “The old and rotten, the monarchy has collapsed. The new may live. Long live the German Republic!”. Little did they know, a mere fourteen years later in 1933, the Weimar Republic would collapse under Adolf Hitler’s rising National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party. Leading up to this, was the political and…

Two main reasons for the collapse are: Economic problems and Institutional problems. Firstly, I will talk about economic problems. The Weimar Republic had some of the most serious economic problems ever experienced by a western democracy in history. Rampant hyperinflation,…

collapsed the Weimar republic when there were defiantly more events which triggered its collapse. The great depression did have a huge impact on Germany as a country but mainly as a regrowing society from the loss of world war one. The downfall of the Weimar republic can be described as being a catastrophic incident waiting to happen a failure of some sorts because you could see that Germany was being run off unbalanced and weak foundations. The depression wasn’t the only thing destroying the…