To a large extent there were various factors that contributed to the collapse of the Weimar republic of Germany and the rising of Hitler’s national socialist German workers party into power on the 30th of January, 1933. Numerous conflicting problems were co-existing with the result of a republic that from the outset , its first governing body the socialist party (SPD) was forced to oppose with. This included the aspects of German imperialism , the unresolved defect of 1918, financial collapse and the forced struggle against the activities of the national party as well as inflation. Further problems that influenced the collapse of the Weimar Republic were the structural weaknesses caused by the constitution and the basic lack of support for
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This class , which had been workout of the Wilhelmine state, included such professions as low-level civil servants, craftsmen. The weimar republic tended to build up these consistent ideas. Throughout the short life of the weimar republic , the reichstag was made up of many small political parties displaying narrow interests. Although there were several large parties, most particular social democrats and the center party, no one party ever consumed an absolute majority, and thus combine governments, often short-lived, were the rule. With the coming of the economic crisis in the late 1920s the balance of political forces in the weimar republic was overthrown, which eventually resulted in the death of the republic and the rise of hitler and …show more content…
Unemployment and inflation in germany skyrocketed, and many believed that the weimar republic was incapable of understanding this latest challenge. Consequently, there was a pointed shift towards the right among german-voters. The Nazi party, committed to ending the weimar system, gained the most from this shift in voting. Through the use of effective political campaigning, as well as alarm tactics political frightening, the naziz were able to steal voters from the unmanageable right-wing parties and even from liberal parties. By 1932 the nazis had emerged as the first mass party of the right and, absolutely had become the largest party in the reichstag.
The weimar republic would have continued to be a functional government far longer than achieved if not for the defeat of world war one, the economic concern imposed by the treaty of versaille, and the the imperfect article 48 which all supply to the downfall of germany’s first attempt at a legitimate democracy. This paper will argue that the common, economical and essential aspect all played a role in the hopeless democracy germany attempted which ultimately lead germany into a autocratic state that would further shake the world with the rise of the NSDAP and
This class , which had been workout of the Wilhelmine state, included such professions as low-level civil servants, craftsmen. The weimar republic tended to build up these consistent ideas. Throughout the short life of the weimar republic , the reichstag was made up of many small political parties displaying narrow interests. Although there were several large parties, most particular social democrats and the center party, no one party ever consumed an absolute majority, and thus combine governments, often short-lived, were the rule. With the coming of the economic crisis in the late 1920s the balance of political forces in the weimar republic was overthrown, which eventually resulted in the death of the republic and the rise of hitler and …show more content…
Unemployment and inflation in germany skyrocketed, and many believed that the weimar republic was incapable of understanding this latest challenge. Consequently, there was a pointed shift towards the right among german-voters. The Nazi party, committed to ending the weimar system, gained the most from this shift in voting. Through the use of effective political campaigning, as well as alarm tactics political frightening, the naziz were able to steal voters from the unmanageable right-wing parties and even from liberal parties. By 1932 the nazis had emerged as the first mass party of the right and, absolutely had become the largest party in the reichstag.
The weimar republic would have continued to be a functional government far longer than achieved if not for the defeat of world war one, the economic concern imposed by the treaty of versaille, and the the imperfect article 48 which all supply to the downfall of germany’s first attempt at a legitimate democracy. This paper will argue that the common, economical and essential aspect all played a role in the hopeless democracy germany attempted which ultimately lead germany into a autocratic state that would further shake the world with the rise of the NSDAP and