weimar Flashcards
president
elected every 7 years
article 48
allowed president to overrule government
strengths
genuine democracy (over 20s could vote)
no one group/person had too much power
weaknesses
weak coalitions were the only way to gain power
article 48 meant pres could bypass democracy
strong german states had power through reichsrat
political assassinantions
376 between 1919 and 23
reparation timeline
unable to pay
1922-stopped paying
1923- france + belgium seize Ruhr
-take money owed in form of exports like coal
Ebert told workers to go on strike
france brought in own workers
132 people killed over 8 months
150k germans forced out of homes in ruhr
early challenges
tov 1919
germany war guilt clause (article 231)
£6.6 billion reparations
germany lost 13% of land and 12.5% population
army limited (100k soldiers)
rhineland demilitarised
DOLCHSTOSS - stab in the back
spartacist jan 1919
kapp putsch march 1920
hyperinflation
1923-print too much money to pay reps
debts worth 175% of national output
bread cost 200,000 billion marks in 1923
affected people with savings
benefitted farmers and people with debt
Rentenmark
set up by streseman in nov 23
reichsmark
renamed from rentenmark
stopped hyperinflation
dawes plan
1924
usa loaned over 800mil to germany
rep installments temporarily made £50mil/yr
f
young plan
1929
lower reps from 6.6 bil to 2bil
unemployed women
75% in 1918
26% in 1925
locarno pact 1925
germany recognised borders with france
+ rhineland demilitarisation
league of nations
1926
germany invited to join
