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• Weimar Republic


  The government of Germany formed after World War 1 and the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II
• The Germans held a general election to form a new government


  1919
• Weimar Republic government


  • Formed by a coalition of the German Centre Party and the German Democratic Party
  • Divided Germany into a number of different states that had the power to control themselves
  • Constitution was written in the city of Weimar
• The Weimar Constitution was adopted


  August 1919
• The Weimar Republic government was called the Weimar Republic because the constitution was written in the city of Weimar
• After World War 1

  There was growing discontent among the Germans who were unhappy about the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the difficulties they experienced due to the Great Depression
• Kaiser Wilhelm II fled to Holland
• There were growing protests in Germany
• HOSTING CHANGET


  Brought by Weimar Republic
• Gustav Stresemann


  Leader of Weimar Republic
• Germany was able to pay off some of country's reparation payments on time
• Weimar Republic


  • Introduced uniform tax
  • Helped everyone who worked
  • Improved transport system
• Less unrest among the Germans
• Weimar Republic developed the country's art and cinema
• Weimar Republic continued to lead the world in science and technology
• Treaty of Versailles


  Made by Allied Powers to punish Germany after WWI
• Germany had to pay 15 million dollars to the Allied Powers
• Germany had to give up Alsace-Lorraine to France
• Germany had to give up the Saarland with its rich coal mines to France for 15 years
• Germany had to give up the Rhineland for demilitarisation
• Germany lost territory to Belgium, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Denmark
• German army wasn't allowed to exceed 100,000 troops
• Economic problems in Germany caused many protests
• The National Socialist Workers' Party (the Nazi Party) tried to overthrow the government in 1923 but failed
• Adolf Hitler


  Leader of the Nazi Party
• Adolf Hitler blamed the Weimar government for signing the Treaty of Versailles
• Hitler believed the government sold Germany to the Allied Powers
• Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party in 1920
• Nazi Party


  • Anti-communist
  • Wanted to bring back the German pride that was lost after WW1
  • Wanted to bring together all Germans from all over Europe
• The Nazi Party blamed Jews for poor economy and politics in Germany, leading to anti-Semitism
• Nazi beliefs


  • Leadership principle
  • Racism
  • Territorial expansion
  • Struggle as a Germanic virtue
• The Weimar government could not control protests in Germany
• The Great Depression put an end to elections in Germany
• The Nazi Party took advantage of the economic problems in Germany
• The Nazi Party became the most popular party in the 1932 elections
• Hitler was appointed Chancellor on 30 January 1933
• How Hitler consolidated power

  1. Burned the Reichstag

  2. Issued a decree for the Protection of the People and State

  3. Suspended civil liberties

  4. Used threat of terrorism to get more votes

  5. Passed the Enabling Act
• The Enabling Act gave Hitler dictatorial powers
• The Nazi Party became the only legal party, with other parties banned
• Hitler destroyed all political opposition