Early challenges to the Weimar Republic 1919-1923
Treaty of Versailles
Signed in June 1919
TRAWL
Terriitory
Alsace-Lorraine given back to France
Saar coalfields given back to France
Reperations
Had to pay £6.6 billion to the allies
Paid because of destruction they caused
Armed forces
Only aloud 100,000 men in the army
No submarines were aloud
6 battle ships
No airforce was aloud
War guilt
Article 231
Germany resented this because they joined to defend themselves
League of Nations
Germany were not aloud to join
Stab in the back theory
Became very popular after WW1
The idea was that they thought the Weimar politicians, communists and Jews teamed together to defeat the German army
100% untrue
Gave right wing politicians to blame someone else for their defeat in WW1
Propaganda was made targeting each group to "show" people it was their fault
Spartacist uprising
They were far left wing (communists)
It only lasted 3 days
Over 100 people were killed
Leaders were Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht
Took over offices for newspapers
Friekorps killed them
Kapp Putsch
5th of January 1919
March 1920, occurred in Munich
Led by Dr Wolfgang Kapp
He was a nationalist (Far right wing)
Angry with the Weimar Republic after signing the Treaty of Versailles
Wanted Kaiser to return to Germany
Lasted 6 days
Hyperinflation
The members of the Kapp Putsch were soldiers called Freikorps
This caused a fear of communism in Germany
The value of money increased rapidly
During 1923 and egg cost 83 million marks
During August 1923, prices were rising by 400% each day
Farmers were winners during this period because they were getting even more money for there food
People with savings were losers because now there money was worthless
Low income families were the biggest losers because they were unable to buy common goods with their low wages
Invasion of the Ruhr
December 1922, Germany refuse to pay reparations because they say they do not have enough money
January 1923, France invade the Ruhr for there reparations because they do not believe the Germans
January 1923, German industrialists refuse to work for the French through passive resistance
January 1923, Weimar Government pay wages to workers on strike