weimar republic

• Weimar Republic

  Key developments in Germany from 1918-1929
• Period of the Weimar Republic

  1918-1929
• The Weimar Republic faced challenges and instability after the First World War
• By the end of 1923, political and economic stability had been achieved in the Weimar Republic
• The Weimar Republic was not challenged during the period of prosperity from 1924-1929
• The origins of the Weimar Republic, 1918-1919

  1. Abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II

  2. Revolution in Germany

  3. Armistice signed

  4. Elections for Constituent Assembly
• Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated in November 1918 as he lacked support
• The Armistice was signed by German civilians and an army officer, not the military leadership
• Weimar Republic

  New republic set up in Germany after World War I, named after the town of Weimar where the Constituent Assembly met
• No single party had a majority in the Constituent Assembly, so a coalition government was formed
• Friedrich Ebert


  Elected as the first President of the Weimar Republic
• what is the dawes plan

  • an agreement between Germany, France , Britain and America that Germanys reparations from the war would be reduced
• who loaned germany 800 mil marks?

  USA
• how much was loaned to germany between 1924 and 1929?

  US$3,000 million
• what was the temporary currency that streseman introduced in november 1923?

  Rentenmark
• which political party was most dominant from 1924 to 1930?

  SPD
• how many members did the nazi party have in 1924 compared to 1928 ?

  32 to 12
• who was elected president in 1925?

  Hindenburg
• Examples of economic recovery in 1924 to 1929?

  • rise in wages of 10%
  • industrial production …..
  • houses built homelessness down 60%
• which year did unemployment reach its peak of nearly 15% of the working class?

  1926
• which year did germany sign the locarno pact with France?

  1925
• what international organisation did germany join in 1926?

  Leahue of nations
• what is the Kellogg Briand Pact?

  an agreement signed by germany and 64 of nations in 1928 agreeing armies were for self defence and solve issues by peaceful means
• which year did allied troops withdraw from the west bank of the river rhine 1919 to ?

  1927
• how much land did germany lose to the TOV?

  13%
• what size of army was germany allowed to have 1919 onwards?

  100,000
• how much reparations did germany have to pay to the allies after the was?

  £ 6600million
• first president of weimar?

  Ebert
• what’s the german word for the stab in the back theory?

  Dolchstoss
• who headed the German army and helped Ebert put down the sparticasts?

  Groener
• Which political party’s did sparticasts from in late december 1918?


  KPD
• which year did the far right try to overthrow the weimar republic?

  1920
• who led the berlin freikorps in thier putsch against the weimar government in early 1920?

  Ehrhardt
• who helped the president force the collapse of the Kapps putsch?

  trade unionists
• when was the kapps putsch?

  1920
• how many murders took place between 1919 and 1922?

  376
• who were friekorps and what did they think of weimar republic??

  -Ex-soldiers with extreme right wing views who hated communism-Hated republic for signing armistice and then ToV which made Germany seem weak
• november criminals?

  -The politicians who signed the armistice-People wanted somebody to blame after Germany lost the war and terrible peace terms were agreed
• Kapp Putsch

  • -March 1920Lead by right wing extremist Wolfgang Kapp-Freikorps units marched on Berlin forcing government to flee-Berlin workers went on strike as a protest against the right wing-Kapp could not rule without workers so fled and government returned-Nobody was punished for this as the legal system favoured right wing extremists
• Why did people in the years 1924-29 not vote for extremist parties ?

  -Content with Stresemann's policies-Economic policy solved hyperinflation and so people were better off-Germany had become more respected internationally-Hindenburg as president reassured people as he was a respected war hero with strong German values