Wiemar republic
Success and failures
what is the Weimar republic?
They failed in...
Reasons they failed
Forming a strong government
Arguably the most significant reason why the Weimar Republic failed was the onset of the Great Depression. The economic collapse of 1929 had dire effects on Germany. By 1932, two-fifths of the German workforce or some six million people were without a job. This resulted in many German voters abandoning their support for mainstream and moderate parties, choosing instead to vote for radical groups.
They succeeded in
Their government is made up of multiple different parties which would result in the inability for the Government to make useful decisions in times of crisis. This would result in the government being presented as weak and unstable to the peoples eyes, which is worse as they had just been through a war.
Paying their war reparations and helping the Economy and twice restructuring its debt through the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan
controlling powers
Within months, the Reichstag Fire Decree and the Enabling Act of 1933 had brought about a state of emergency as it wiped out constitutional governance and civil liberties. Hitler's seizure of power (Machtergreifung) was permissive of government by decree without legislative participation. These events brought the republic to an end—as democracy collapsed, the founding of a single-party state began the dictatorship of the Nazi era.
Germany didn’t fare well after World War I, as it was thrown into troubling economic and social disorder. After a series of mutinies by German sailors and soldiers, Kaiser Wilhelm II lost the support of his military and the German people, and he was forced to abdicate on November 9, 1918.
Stresemann’s single greatest achievement as Chancellor was to end hyperinflation. He did this in just three months by:
Promising to begin reparations payments again.
This persuaded France and Belgium to end the occupation of the Ruhr by 1925.
Introducing a new currency called the Rentenmark.
This stabilised prices as only a limited number were printed meaning money rose in value. This helped to restore confidence in the German economy both internally and internationally.
Reducing the amount of money the government spent (700,000 government employees lost their jobs) so that its budget deficit reduced.
when/ why did the Weimar republic end
On Jan. 30, 1933, Hitler was named German chancellor, spelling the end to the Weimar Republic -- Germany's convulsive experiment with democracy between 1919 and 1933. The period was dubbed the "Weimar Republic" by historians in honor of the city of Weimar, where a national assembly convened to write and adopt a new constitution for the German Reich following the nation's defeat in World War I. The Weimar Republic was marked on the one hand by hyperinflation, mass unemployment and political instability; on the other, by dazzling creativity in the arts and sciences and a legendary nightlife in Berlin.
Calling off the ‘passive resistance’ of German workers in the Ruhr.
This helped Germany’s economy because goods were back in production
and the Government could stop printing money to pay striking workers.
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The Weimar Republic lasted less than 15 years before falling to the oncoming storm of Nazism. Countless historians have sought to understand and explain why the Weimar Republic failed. The only certainty is that the answer is complex and many factors were involved.
political challenges
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Economical challenges