The Relationship Between Ebert And Weimar Germany

In addition to the damaging consequences of the First World War with the requirements of the Treaty of Versailles, certain features of Germany caused the state to be susceptible to the influence of this dangerous ideology. Along with the damage to the national ego as a result of the First World War, Germany had co-existing and conflicting highly modern strands of development forced to integrate with powerful remnants of archaic values and social structures, and had a deeply fractured parliamentary political system, and the weaknesses of this system reflected the social and political differences within the population. This shame and failure after World War I was superimposed onto a modern country which once had an advanced economy, a sophisticated state

With incompetent leadership and an unhappy nation, the German people began to realize that their country was in a vulnerable situation and began to look for stable alternatives to democracy. Hitler’s

As previously mentioned, Germany had been crippled, including its economy, but Hitler was able to do something that the Weimar

1) Germany before the Fuhrer. Germany’s defeat at the end of World War I left the nation socially, politically, and economically shattered. The reparation agreements inflicted upon Germany without its’ consent at the end of the war meant that the nation was in complete financial ruin. In the wake of Germany’s defeat, public decent climaxed on the 9th November 1918 during the revolution that took place on Berlin’s Postdamer Platz. This revolution transpired as a result of the public’s culminating discontent towards the imperial monarchy, and lasted up until August 1919, which saw the establishment of the Weimar Republic. In attempts to guide Germany out of economic

For now, I’m going to leave the Reichstag wrapped up, and move onto Libeskind’s Jewish museum. Over history it could be argued that the Jews have been the most persecuted religion. This is of course true in Germany. In German history the Jews have being accused of poisoning wells and causing the black death, despite the Jews suffering equally from the disease! The Jews were also accused for the loss of the First World War, despite the Jews having the largest proportional of any religious group to fight in the war. The German military high command even produced a censes to show how the Jews didn’t pull their weight, however the findings showed quite the opposite, so of course it was not published. Things however started to look up for the Jews under the Weimar republic. During the Weimar Republic, many Jews played influential roles in the government, and in stabilising Germany’s economy following the war. However, after the markets crashed, once again the German’s wanted someone to blame, and once again the Jews fell victim of persecution. With the rise of Hitler things only got worse. Hitler’s anti sematic death camps eradicated most of Europe’s Jewish population. After World War II, “only 8000 Jews remained in Berlin” (Gilman, L. 2007). Over the cold war period, the Jewish community was relatively stagnant in growth.

There was a series of wars during the mid-1800’s that helped unify Germany (“Germany Profile”). A few decades after that, World War I happened because an Archduke in Austria was murdered. The war was between the Central Powers, which included Germany, and the Allied Powers, and it lasted four years ("World War I History."). This war left millions dead. But, a couple decades later an even more horrific event happened that Germany is probably most known for. This was the Holocaust. It was one of the largest mass murders ever with over six million Jewish people being killed (History.com Staff). This all because of the Nazi Party and an anti-Semitic leader named Adolf Hitler. Germany’s past has made it the country we know of

The Weimar Republic and Germany’s response which followed it are both stages of Germany’s intricate history that cannot be understood on their own. Both periods of Germany’s history have a commonality in their being brought on by the rippling effects of the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty was imposed on the German Empire at the final stages of the first World War. In an irregular way, considering the weight of the treaty, the Treaty of Versailles was signed among a group of national leaders which lacked German representation; this non-German group of people, in a single day, wrongly castrated Germany.

In 1919, Herman Mueller, the Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic representing Germany, signed the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty made Germany lose important industrial cities, which not only slowed down the German economy, but also, and most importantly, deprived Germany integrity. Hitler considered the Treaty a scandal and a disgrace and an act of highway robbery against the German people. According to the Versailles Treaty, the war guilt was blamed on Germany. This was devastating news to the German because it’s not of a German social value that they are losers. The German educational system emphasized nationalism and strong connection between one and the country , and in this situation furthered people’s discontent ruined people’s pride of their country, and reasoned with people’s feelings. The German social value reinforced people 's discontent and anger towards the losing of war because it 's just like ancient Rome; the Germans couldn’t bear the idea of losing a battle, because it was a sign of weakness and a form of humiliation. The blame went straight to the Weimar Republic because it was the Republic that sealed the fate of Germany at the Paris Peace Conference. Germany didn’t have any experience with democracy prior to the Weimar Republic, People’s faith democracy was further more deeply shaken by the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and gave opportunities to dictators like Hitler to rise up.

The first half of the 20th century saw many changes within the German state. With the end of the Great War, Germans were dejected, poor and looking for someone to lead them into a period of happiness and prosperity, like that of the years before WWI. In 1933, Adolf Hitler ascended to the position of Chancellor of Germany, and thus began his conquest for power, domination, and genocide. His rise to power can be characterized by his own cunning and charisma, his exploitation of the Germans desperation caused by the Great Depression, and the way he created a scapegoat to carry the blame. Hitler became the leader the Germans were looking for, soon becoming a symbol of hope for some while sparking absolute terror in the hearts of others. The

Germans were unhappy of low wages, protective tariffs, and the tremendous amount of money had to be paid for reparations. Germans were suffering from unemployment, too. In the past, German was good. After World War I, Germans had a lot of loans from the US which made German industries good. However, it didn’t last long. The Depression made America to pull out loans from Germany, which then made German banks go bankrupt, industries bad, and its workers unemployed. Hitler used this opportunity to seize power. Hitler promised to reform the economy, not pay the reparation anymore, find everyone a job, and give Germans the patriotic

Whether you look back two years or one hundred, the outlook of Germany has evolved drastically. From World War I starting in 1914 to 1933, when Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany, most people around the world were appalled at what Germany had become, including me. This is because when Hitler took over Germany, the country took a turn from what they thought would better, but instead did the opposite. It turned the country into shambles and I believe they lost all the dignity they had left. Then, around a century later, the outlook of Germany changed when the Berlin wall fell. Germany then became one of the most powerful countries in the world, with a thriving economy and society. Germany has not had an ideal past and we are all aware of that, but now it is time to move forward and give their citizens and country empathy.

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.

After World War 1, Germany went through the Weimar period, which was from 1919 to 1933. During this period of time Germany’s social, cultural, and economic landscape encounter a major paradigm shift.

Friedrich Ebert was a polarizing figure in German history. As a major party leader in the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and future president of the first German Republic, Ebert was a major influence in shaping politics in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As president of the Weimar Republic, Ebert presided over the incredibly difficult years following World War I. Many of his opponents, and opponents of the Weimar Republic and Constitution, decried the government and its leaders for acquiescing to the harsh and unfair demands of the Versailles Treaty. Although convicted of being a traitor to Germany, the opposite is actually true. Friedrich Ebert was an incredible influence on the course of German history, and the ideas that he was a

Along with every other nation around the globe, Germany has its own unique past. From the days previous to Bismarck to present time, the Germans have undergone significant trials and tribulations. Unfortunately for Germany the world will forever equate German history with Hitler and the Third Reich. As educated people, we need to be able to get past this stigma and appreciate the Germans for who they truly are. After the ending of the Second World War, Germany was divided in two: a free western Germany, and the communist East Germany. West Germany flourished while East Germany struggled to breathe under the heavy shadow of the Soviet Union. In 1990, after the Berlin Wall fell, Germany finally became one again with the union of East