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Weimar Germany (Public Elements (Standard of life, Art, Theatre, Women,…
Weimar Germany
Public Elements
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After the war the standard of living degraded which was one of the main reasons for the popularity of the communist movement.
Under Weimar the art produced by the people became a lot more abstract in reflection to the freedom that the Weimar government gave them. There was no censorship so political paintings or posters would depict things such as the Nazi party as brutes and other political artwork.
However there was also the movement of Bauhaus which challenged the basis of art and the difference between monumental and decorative arts. This led to them creating very boring building somehow.
Women were given equal rights to men under the Weimar constitution, they were also encouraged to go to work much more since about 1.5 million German men had been killed and they needed to fill those jobs with people so women became a lot more respected in society. It was one of the first countries in the world to give women equal rights to women.
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Economy
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While the economy of Germany was recovering from the shock of WWI and the Treaty of Versailles. The German economy simply couldn't keep up with the French demand for resources which they were 'entitled' to thanks to the treaty of Versailles. The French decided that they would just have to take the resources and the factories producing said resources in January of 1923.
Hyper inflation is where the value of a currency rapidly drops and items and services become massively more expensive. The hyperinflation in Germany at this point was so bad that by the time it had nearly ended, the Mark had become worth less than the paper the bills had been printed on. This lead to a single loaf costing billions of Marks. This made people with fixed incomes very unhappy as they simply couldn't live off the money they received and those with savings as those rapidly became irrelevant, a person's life savings could be worth as much as a grain of salt at the end of the inflation,
With countries like the USA and the UK picking up their industrial capabilities it became near impossible for Germany to compete on the global market. They had to have high prices for their cars and such since they had very few resources with which to do so, this meant that they had to produce them at very high expense in comparison to these markets.
Politics
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The sheer amount of chancellors in the early years of the Republic demonstrates the political uncertainty that came with the new system. This meant that none of the early chancellors could really do anything due to their time in power being cut short due to disagreements in coalitions. This meant that Weimar Germany could barely get any new legislations to be passed and very little progress made in the political scene in Germany.
Hindenburg was the President for nine years between 1925-1934. This is because the whole country respected him for being a general in the war and a respectable member of the German community for years. Also many people respected him as a leader and therefore they practically demanded that he become president after those years os political disharmony which had lead to people living on the streets and not even being able to pay for a loaf of bread.
Even at first people were cautious of the danger Hitler represented and the potential dangers he could represent. Unfortunately Hitler was a very charismatic leader and gained the votes of 36% of voters in 1931 which scared people like Papen very much and so they tried to put Hitler down. When Hitler called for a vote later on he got reduced down to 33% which made Papen very cocky because he thought that Hitler would make agreements to become Chancellor but instead Hitler remained staunch and held on.
This eventually worked as Hindenburg invited Hitler to become chancellor and from there the dissolution of the Weimar government was in sight,
WWI Recovery
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The workforce was under immense pressure from the government and foreign people who were demanding their reperations, this was annoying for the workforce because they weren't doing anything that would benefit their family and friends but instead they were making things for foreigners who had slighted their country which could've definitely led to tensions and fights, especially when the French took the Ruhr. There were massive strikes so the French ended up only getting things that had already been made and nothing new was made under their supervision thanks to the strikes of the workforce.
The Treaty of Versailles was very hard on the German economy, this is because of the reparations to the rest of Europe. The German's were expected to supply all of the opposing countries with vast reparations which totaled 132 billion gold marks or $33 billion. They had to pay for the reparations in the first place because they had started the war so were seen as responsible for all the damage done.
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