The role of violence

• Political violence re-emerged as the Nazi SA, nationalist Stahlhelm and the Communist Red Front fought on German streets.
• This crisis weakened the Weimar Republic in 2 ways:
• 1:

  It indicated that Weimar democracy had failed to ensure law and order as well as failing to improve the economy.
• 2:


  Nationalists supported the political violence of the SA, believing that it was necessary to save Germany from the communists.