History weimar Republic

• Monday


  18th September 2023
• Weimar government


  The government of the Weimar Republic
• Treaty of Versailles


  The peace treaty signed in 1919 after World War I
• Weaknesses of the Weimar government and constitution

  • Weimar Republic forced to accept blame for all damages
  • Forced to pay reparations and economic compensation
  • Economic weakness and bankruptcy
• Weaknesses of the Weimar government and constitution

  Led to harsh feelings and a sense of betrayal
• Treaty of Versailles signed

  1914
• Recup timelines


  1. First World War (1914-1918)

  2. Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated

  3. The Weimar Republic is established

  4. Treaty of Versailles
• The armistice was signed on 11 November 1918
• Treaty of Versailles signed

  1919
• Hitler becomes Führer


  1934
• Hitler becomes Chancellor
• The Weimar Republic was unpopular due to the harsh peace treaty terms and the sense of betrayal
• The Weimar Republic was established in November 1918, 2 days after the armistice
• 2 million US troops were sent to Europe in 1917
• Matthias Erzberger was a German politician who was assassinated in 1921
• Voters and their representatives are not well connected to each other in PR systems
• PR systems are often criticized for giving a parliamentary stage to extremist parties of the left or the right
• It has been argued that the collapse of Weimar Germany was in part due to the way in which the PR electoral system gave a disproportionate influence to extremist parties
• PR systems make the choice of the voters very difficult
• Constitution


  The set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
• The Reichstag was the more powerful house of the German parliament in the Weimar Republic
• The Weimar Republic was associated with the Treaty of Versailles and a sense of betrayal
• Losses for Germany under the Treaty of Versailles

  • 13% of land
  • Colonies
  • Reparations of £6.6 billion
  • Limited German army to 100,000 men
  • Demilitarised Rhineland
  • Loss of 50% of iron reserves and 15% of coal
• Ebert's control of Germany

  • Sought support from the German army, business, private industry and trade unions to strengthen the central government
  • Power shared locally to meet needs
  • Coalition government when different parties join together
• What is the influence of Sharia law?
• What were the weaknesses of the Weimar constitution?
• The Reichstag (parliament) had the power to pass laws, while the Bundesrat represented the states' interests.