The Weimar Republic Flashcards
On 29 September 1918 Ludendorff and Hindenburg told who about what?
They told Kaiser Wilhelm II that the war was lost and that Germany must negotiate an armistice with the advancing Allied forces.
What is the Reichstag?
The lower house of the German Parliament
What is a Chancellor?
A Prime Minister who is the head of the Government
When was the Kaiser’s abdication announced?
9 of November 1918
Who was the German government handed to and of what party was he the leader of?
Friedrich Ebert was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of which was the largest political party in the Reichstag
When was the armistice signed by the German representatives?
5am on 11 of November but the war didn’t officially end until 11am
What was the ‘stab in the back’ myth?
The belief that Germany had not been defeated but betrayed
Who were the scapegoats for the ‘stab in the back’ myth and who was this accepted by?
-Socialists, pacifists, war profiteers, Jews and civilian politicians otherwise known as ‘November criminals’
-The right wing conservative forces
What are the factors/ responsibility of the President?
-Elected every 7 years
-Head of state
-Commander in chief of armed forces
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