In Considering The Process Of Change On German Political Systems Over The Whole Period 1890 2

Assess the influence of the German army on the successes and failures of the Weimar Republic by 1933.

Therefore there was a decline in extremist parties such as the Communists and the National Socialists because many Germans didn’t want an extreme change and liked Germany as it was. This was a turning point for Germany because it seemed that the extremist parties would not be capable of getting seats in the parliament. Also, Stresemann convinced the public that a democratic government would solve any problems quickly- and many believed him. The popularity of the Social Democrats increased and they had the majority of the seats in the parliament (153). This was a turning point for Germany because people started to believe that this new democratic government would remain stable and prosperous for the years to come. The Dawes Plan allowed this to happen because it gave the Republic the money it needed to invest in the economy for the people.

In this lesson, we explore the evolution of Germany after the reunification of East Germany and West Germany in 1990 and the lasting legacy of communism.

The state of the Germany in the early 20th century was a combination of disarray and inconsistency before the beginning of the Third Reich. The beginning of the Third Reich saw Adolf Hitler become the chancellor of Germany and the end of the Weimar Republic due to attacks from its opposition. Adolf Hitler’s rise to the chancellorship came from his ability to use the situation of a failing Weimar Republic to his advantage to rally the masses in his favor. Hitler used the Weimar Republic’s economic and political chaos by exploiting the people’s concerns as well as using the Nazi Party as his political way of obtaining rule over Germany.

In this literature the authors (King, Rosen, Tanner, Wagner 2008) explore the voting behavior in order to explain the rise of the Nazi Party during the Weimar Republic and who turned to the Nazis and who didn’t. Some of the literature’s arguments there are two theories mentioned, the first one being group-based theory and the second one the Catchall theory. Alternative arguments to this suggest that those who were hurt by the economy and had little risk of unemployment labeled in the readings as the working poor supported the Nazi Party. This group of people disliked the on-going welfare programs from the current government and were seeking for economic stability, new capital goods and more. In contrast those who were unemployed or at high risk of becoming unemployed were in favor of the Communist Party or Zentrum Party, these people were against the Nazi party mainly because they were already benefiting from the different kinds of social assistants and the Nazi policies did not favor the average peasant workers. The data shown in the essay covers elections from December 1924 to March 1933, after having a set of 681 precincts that were stable. This is divided into six regions, each showing 3 different levels of unemployment (low, middle and high) as well as religious affiliation (Protestants and Catholics plus a couple of others). Some of the findings illustrate that Protestants were located to the Northeast, in contrast Catholics regions were located in the Southwest.

For my introduction, I began by making the point that after WWI Germany had changed in terms of territory, economics, and spirit. Also, I reference that the Kaiser had abdicated and President Fredrich

The collapse of the Weimar Republic can not be seen as solely indebted to the severe economic problems faced during the period of its rule, but consequently it was the economic issues that became a footstep to the ultimate demise of the Republic. Subsequent to Germany’s defeat in the First World War and German Emperor Kaiser’s abdication from power, the Weimar Republic was proclaimed. The Republic that had emerged from the German Revolution of November 1918 would inevitably fall as a result of numerous issues. However, the extent of which economic problems had in the dissolution of the republic, and how these issues caused or came about due to separate concerns faced by the new democratic system became a major contributing factor.

The creation of the new German nation, or what would become known as the German Unification, mirrored similar revolutions around the globe, including that of the Meiji Restoration and the Ita lian Unification. Undoubtably, by the turn of 1871, a new German Empire emerged, but what remains in uncertain territories, is whether this new German Empire was created from above or below. Neither position can be disregarded or invalidated, as the power of the people holds equal significance to that of the people in power. However, as clearly highlighted by Ernest Renan in a declaration of nationhood, “we [the people] are what you make us; we are what you are”, demonstrates the complex relationship between a nation, its leaders and their people.

“The Unification of Germany, 1989-1990” is a collection of essays by the author, Richard A. Leiby. The book itself is part of an ongoing series of books which gives a clear chronological timeline of events in the Twentieth century. All of the books in this series are commissioned by Greenwood Press and edited by Randall Miller. Richard Leiby teaches German history at Rosemont College. Like the title implies, “The Unification of Germany, 1989-1990” covers exactly those years leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall, but also briefly covers the years before, beginning in September 1944, to January 1995. In this book, Leiby’s writing covers the most important milestones between the periods stated, but the content does seem dry, but he leaves the reader more knowledgeable about the events.

The time of 1919 to 1939 was a specific post war period after the great depression where certain right-wing parties dominated indoctrinating their fascist and nationalistic ideals on the German people. The rise of fascism in Germany 1919 – 1939, not only resulted in hardship but also in prosperity for some Germans. The topics that will be addressed and discussed further throughout the course of this essay include; the political factors that influenced people into voting Nazi, the economic factors that caused a fluctuating economy during this time period and the social aspects that affected society throughout that time period as well as the many benefits and hardships that were caused as a result.

Adolf Hitler’s fascist Nazi party is one of the most resounding memories of the 20th Century. Nazi symbols still conjure images of horror and evil over 70 years after they spread across Europe. In the 1928 German Federal election the Nazi’s polled 810,127 votes, just 2.6% of the total votes. By the 1932 election this number had jumped sharply to 13,765,781 votes, 37.3% of the national vote. It was off this platform that he successfully lobbied the German President, Paul Von Hindenburg, to make him chancellor of Germany. The question is, what caused this surge in Nazi support? And why did a democratically elected president hand over power to a clearly authoritarian man? The subject is complex and controversial. The collapse of the economy in 1929 lead to years of poverty in Germany. The failure of democracy to provide a solution lead to people looking elsewhere for a solution. The Nazi’s capitalized on this through effective election campaigns. The undertaker of democracy was Hindenburg, whose decisions led to its dismantlement. It was the combination of these political, economic and electoral factors that lead to rise of fascism in interwar Germany.

Germany has a long and eventful history, which inevitably intersects with the past in neighboring countries. The history of Germany is complex and varies with the geographical and historical boundaries within which we consider the territory and the ethno genesis of the German people. As that nation-state, Germany has only existed since 1871. Before that date, however, there was a Germanic world with some variable consistency at different times, linguistically, culturally, and sometimes political. The geographical extension of the Germanic world was not exactly with that of present-day Germany and varied history.

Germany is arguably one of the key global political actors. It’s extremely prominent, especially within international relations, and is also regarded as being economically, politically and geographically at the center of Europe. Germany’s success in Europe is considered to be due to its post-world war shift in ideologies and political culture and structures, from authoritarianism to democracy which inevitably created a successful political power in order to rebuild the state of Germany and its European and transatlantic relationships on a global scale after the zero hour (Die Stunde Null). This refers to the historical landmark on the May 8th 1945 at the end of the Second World War, and a remarkable dramatic turnover in the German political culture began to take place (Brockmann: 1996). Die Stunde Null represented the overall defeat of Germany: its ideologies and totalitarianism to democratic values, surrender and the beginning of unification and reconciliation along with the change in the political culture of Germany. This is best exemplified in the cases of Germany and the US, particularly with the issues concerning War or Terror post 2001, Germany’s global relationships after the Cold War and World War Two, and Germany’s connection and involvement within the EU and NATO and how this also influences foreign and security policy. The ideology of normalization and civilization in Germany is also

The Decline of Weimar and the Rise of Nazism during the 1900s is one of the most important events in history. There were two major causes for the rise of Hitler, World Economic Crisis and the German government's policy response to that crisis. First, the crisis, also known as the ‘‘Great Depression’’ began with America in the late1920s and spread throughout almost the entire world. It was the time when economy slumped in the many relatively developed countries. America and Germany suffered the most from the crisis. America did not give anymore loans to Germany and demanded the payment for the existing ones. The fact that America set barriers on German goods worsened the situation in Germany. Banks struggled to provide the needed amount of money and many of them actually closed as well

In its beginnings, the Weimar Republic was one of the most progressive nations in all of Europe. With 42% of its electorate voting for either the Social Democrats or Communists in 1928, and with a population both embracing homosexuality and redefining gender roles, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party were somehow able to take power in the democratic system. Though Hitler’s rise to power certainly was not peaceful, it did not solely rely on violence. To the detriment of the minority, “indifference of the majority was all that was needed to carry out many plans.” Citizens of the Weimar Republic were not initially ready to allow a dictatorship that would produce the horrors of Hitler’s regime; instead, Paul von Hindenburg, the Catholic Center Party, and ultimately, the once progressive German public all overlooked the atrocities of the Nazi Party due to the deceptions of Adolf Hitler, the creation of common enemies, and the systematic pacification of the German people.