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3 political reasons why Weimar Republic is unpopular

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  • stab in the back theory
  • treaty of versailles
  • left wing and right wing revolutions
    ( and political assassinations )
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stab in the back theory

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  • most germans though they were capable of winning war
  • army stabbed in back
  • weimar politicians : November criminals
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treaty of versailles conditions

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  • Article 231 - accept blame
  • reparations : 6600 mill pounds
  • Germany lost its territory
  • Anschluss was banned
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effect of stab in back and treaty

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  • german public outraged as it felt like Diktat
  • weak and unpatriotic
  • made weimar unpopular from start
  • higher chance of government being attacked
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no. of political assassinations in weimar

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376

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Spartacist revolt

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  • jan 1919
  • left wing communist revolt
  • luxemborg and liebknecht
  • 50 K communist took over newspaper headquarters
  • right wing freikorp stopped rebellion
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kapp putsch

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  • march 1920
  • right wing uprising where freikorps marched into berlin
  • german workers staged general strike which paralysed city
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munich putsch

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  • nov 1923
  • hitler organised a far-right revolt in munich beer hall
  • news had released to police and Hitler was arrested
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effects of munich putsch

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  • nazi party banned
  • hitler arrested
  • however hitler gained fame in his court case and got his ideas to public - wrote his ideas in mein kampf
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effects of uprisings

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  • showed the level of discontent amongst population
  • reliance on other groups helping them out
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3 economical reasons why Weimar Republic is unpopular

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  • treaty of versailles
  • invasion of Ruhr
  • hyperinflation
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treaty of versailles economic impact

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  • 6600 million in reparations
  • crippled germany’s weak economy
  • led to political uncertainty and the two revolts
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invasion of ruhr valley

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  • france and belgium invaded main industrial area
  • 80% coal, iron and steel was in the Ruhr
  • had to pay workers who were passively resisitng
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hyperinflation

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  • prices of essential items skyrocketed
  • piece of bread : 1 mark in 1919 to 200 k billion marks in 1923
  • wages didn’t rise as fast as prices
  • working class couldn’t afford bread
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effects of hyperinflation

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  • loss in trust of weimar who looked indecisive
  • working class began to turn on weimar
  • backbone of support
  • made people even less likely to listen and co-operate with them
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3 economic developments in Stresseman Era

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  • ending hyperinflation
  • dawes plan
  • young plan
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ending hyperinflation

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  • stresseman stopped strike in ruhr
  • new currency : rentenmark which increased public trust in economy
  • 1924: hyperinflation was over
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dawes plan

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  • 1924
  • withdrawal of france + belgium from ruhr
  • germany could sell produce again
  • usa lent germon 800 mill Marks to rebuild
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young plan

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  • 1929
  • reduced total reperations
  • 59 years to pay it
  • loans continued to come in from usa
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impact of economic recovery

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  • hyperinflation solved, biggest priority
  • reduced tensions between other nations as they felt more confident
  • industrial output doubled by 1928
  • weimar gained popularity and support
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3 international relations

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  • locarno pact
  • league of nations
  • kellogg-briand pact
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locarno pact

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  • 1925
  • germany agreed to respect their borders
  • demilitarisation of rhineland
  • improved relations with france
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league of nations

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  • 1926
  • germany was allowed to join
  • once again world power
  • increases status and popularity
  • more confidence in how country run
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kellogg- briand pact

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  • 1928
  • signed by germany and 65 other countries to promise not to use violence
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limits of international agreements : cons

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-extremist parties didn’t approve of how friendly germany was being with other nations
- still angry that treaty was still there

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changes of working- class under weimar

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  • wages rose every year from 24-30 with a 10% increase in 1928
  • 1927 : unemployment insurance which covered 17 mill workers
  • 101K new homes built with modern facilities. solved housing crisis
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changes of women under weimar

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  • 112 women elected to reichstag
  • number of young women working increased
  • fashion changed: more freedom to wear short skirts, etc
  • divorces had become easier
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weimar culture

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  • art
  • cinema
  • music
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weimar art

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  • expressionism
  • paint everyday life and wanted to comment on problems and the mood
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weimar cinema

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  • german films became more popular
  • exciting and challenged traditional german values
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weimar music

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  • became modern
  • popularity of jazz increased due to American influence amongst youngers
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changes in weimar culture

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  • lack of censorship as weimar was very democratic
  • challenged traditional ideas in new and unique ways
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when was the wall street crash and what was it

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  • oct 1929
  • companies lost billions of dollars in value overnight
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consequences of great depression

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  • industrial production halved
  • all factories had to close
  • both owners and workers unhappy
  • 1933 : 6 mill people unemployed
  • families had no source of income and were living in poverty
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political failure

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  • bruning cut unemployment pay and government expenditure (july 1930)
  • recihstag didn’t agree to actions
  • hindenburg used article 48
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effect of political and economic failure

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  • lost support of all sectors of german public, particularly the working-class
  • discontent for not solving problems
  • weak and indecisive
  • desperate so they turned to extremist parties
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appeal of nazis

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  • appeal to many groups in society
  • personality of hitler : decisive, charismatic, one of the people
  • SA : gave a organised military feel
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what political deal did hitler devise?

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  • he struck a deal with von Papen
  • if he convinced hindenburg to make him chancellor, papen would be vice
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how did hitler consolidate his power?

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  • reichstag fire
  • other actions
  • night of the long knives
  • hindenburg dies
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reichstag fire

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  • 1933 : fire broke out in reichstag
  • blamed on a dutch communist which whipped up anti communist feelings
  • increased support for nazis while intimidating communist voters
  • justified his enabling act
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when were trade unions banned

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may 1933 : communists also put in concentration camps

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night of the long knives

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  • eliminate any internal opposition
  • assassinate SA and ernst rohm
  • june 1934 : 400 SA and rohm killed
  • consolidating his position as leader of the party
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hindenburg dies

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  • chancellor + president = der fuhrer
  • forced army to swear oath under him

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