Weimar Republic established in 1919 was a republic government based on a democratic constitution. The Weimar Republic remained unstable and eventually collapsed due to its association with the Treaty of Versailles, its inability to effectively handle the failing economy, and the lack of organization throughout the bureaucracy. Without rigid decision-making and discipline, the government allowed Hitler to rise through the ranks by playing on the public’s nationalism and fear of Communism, thus leading to the rise of what would be known as the Third Reich. Overall the Weimar Republic failed in democracy, it lasted fourteen years, which was two years longer than “Thousand-Year Reich” Hitler’s Nazi regime promised. The Weimar Republic achieved much culturally such as being the first European power after Russia to allow women the right to vote and establishing a very modern
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In the Versailles Treaty Germany agreed to losing colonies, military power and the most prominent portion of the treaty was Article 231 also known as the War Guilt Clause. “The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage” (Henig, 21). Reparation payments, restrictions of military and the war guilt clause created a bitter distrust with the citizens and newly formed Weimar Republic. Many German citizens after the surrender felt as if they did not lose the war but right wing politicians and military leaders in the Weimar Republic were betraying their own government. Also known as stab-in-the-back-myth. “The Germans did lose the war- in fact, it was the military leaders Generals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff in October 1918 who convinced the civilian government that it was necessary for peace” (BERGEN 27). While looking for an explanation for the surrender and defeat the stab-in-the-back
In the Versailles Treaty Germany agreed to losing colonies, military power and the most prominent portion of the treaty was Article 231 also known as the War Guilt Clause. “The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage” (Henig, 21). Reparation payments, restrictions of military and the war guilt clause created a bitter distrust with the citizens and newly formed Weimar Republic. Many German citizens after the surrender felt as if they did not lose the war but right wing politicians and military leaders in the Weimar Republic were betraying their own government. Also known as stab-in-the-back-myth. “The Germans did lose the war- in fact, it was the military leaders Generals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff in October 1918 who convinced the civilian government that it was necessary for peace” (BERGEN 27). While looking for an explanation for the surrender and defeat the stab-in-the-back