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'The Weimar Republic enjoyed "golden age" of political…
'The Weimar Republic enjoyed "golden age" of political stability in the years 1924 to 1928' Assess the validity of this view (25 Marks)
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Paragraph One, Domestic Improvements
Dawes Plan
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The Three Main Points of the Dawes Plan: - The Ruhr was to be evacuated by allied occupation troops (1925) - Reparation Payments would begin at "one million marks the first year, increasing to two and a half million marks annually after five years - The German Reichbank would be reorganised under allied supervision
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Paragraph Two, Foreign Policy
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Paragraph Three, Germany by 1928
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Between 1924 and 1928 German industry forged ahead. Factories were equipped with new machinery and German Industrialists used the most successful techniques of American Production
The result was a much faster economic growth rate than either France or Britain. By 1929, Germany was producing 33% more than it had in 1913
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Paragraph Four, ON THE OTHER HAND
Political, economical and social stability seemed too good to be true and many felt that they were living in false hope.
Politically, Germany was never stable during the so called years 1924-1929
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The decline of the extremist parties gave way to the recovery of the SPD who emerged as the largest political party.
The election of Hindenburg as President was also vital to the political instability Weimar faced in these years. Hindenburg being a Conservative and anti-Socialist did all he could to try to exclude the SPD from power and promote the DNVP as a coalition partner. This weakened democracy and can show the political paralysis of the Weimar Republic. It is therefore inaccurate to label the years 1924-1929 as years of political stability.