Historian assessments

Question 1

E. Feuchtwanger says about Bruning that

Answer 1

“He was the last chancellor to govern with any kind of constitutional legitimacy”

Question 2

Peukert says about the failure of the WR

Answer 2

“The miracle of the Weimar Republic is that it lasted as long as it did, after the crisis of 1929-30 had occurred everything had been pointing towards a crash”

Question 3

Raff says about the failure of the WR

Answer 3

“Without the assistance of various foreign powers, the republic proved unable in the end to withstand the stresses and strains of the lost war”

Question 4

Kershaw says about the failure of the WR

Answer 4

“The future looked promising, and without the onset of the world economic crisis from 1929, it could have remained so”

Question 5

E. Feuchtwanger says about Hitler’s rise to power

Answer 5

“The personality of Hitler became a significant historical factor, as he had a combination of demagogic gifts and political instinct”