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    Weimar Republic Dbq

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    Germany’s loss of land and the failure at the Treaty of Versailles. Adolf Hitler and the Nazism party blamed the Weimar Republic. “Hitler and the Nazi Party gained power in Germany by exploiting the economic problems and constitutional weaknesses of the Weimar Republic.” The first piece of evidence that can be used to explain how Hitler and the Nazi Party gained power through the inside of the Weimar Republic by exploiting the constitutional weaknesses. “We come as enemies. Like the wolf falling upon a

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    Germany evidenced the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic, and the seemingly prosperous years of 1924-1928 was built of shaky foundations and that Weimar Germany was “doomed from the start” (Kershaw). The fundamental flaws of the Weimar constitution allowed it to be exploited and constantly undermined by its enemies, such as the extreme right and left wings, in many ways, the longevity Weimar Republic was tainted from its genesis. The fragility of the Weimar republic was highlighted by its economic

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    The Weimar Republic was formed in the midst of post-war burdens, unhappy citizens, and created to be a democracy in a country that had never before had one. Thus, it faced many challenges throughout its existence. Weimar faced political challenges from the left and right, stemming from the economic and military sanctions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, along with the underlying lack of democratic tradition. Though the solutions proposed by the multiple Chancellors succeeded in solving many of

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    Weimar Republic Failure

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    many historians that believe the Weimar Republic was doomed from the beginning of its existence as a rump state of the once-powerful German Empire. Other historians believe the republic is not such a failure as it seems in textbooks and online articles. Both sides unanimously agree that the Weimar Republic was a failed attempt at bringing democracy to a predominantly monarchical (and tyrannical) Europe.         The majority of historians that agree the ill-fated Weimar Republic was a smudge on Germany

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    country following WWI and became essential in the Weimar Republic, providing defense against revolutionary communist forces in the early stages of the democracy. However, while the German army aided in preventing the success of communist uprisings and the strong right wing situations that prevented the attacks on the right wing assaults, Weimar militarism was a key contributing factor to increasing political chaos surrounding the final moments of the Weimar democracy. The social influence of the signing

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    The weaknesses of the Weimar economy After 1914 , the Weimar economy was significantly weakened, losing three quarters of its iron ore and one third of its coal reserves, all of its overseas assets, as well as being forced to pay 132 Billion Gold Marks of reparations . Furthermore, there were structural problems with the Weimar economy, leading to low growth. Firstly, the loss of coal and iron ore reserves severely hurt the ability of Germany to pay its reparations, such that Germany’s share of

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    Nationalism was an essential and indispensable variable in the ruin of the Weimar Republic and thusly, the resulting disappointment of vote based system in Germany in the period 1918-1934. The feeling of dependability and commitment to one 's country, which the German subjects had felt in their aggressive past, was at last crushed by WWI and its outcomes. In spite of the fact that patriotism was a noteworthy reason for the disappointment of vote based system in Germany, there were numerous different

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    The demise of the Weimar Republic did not occur due to one sole reason, but because of a number of short and long term factors. The economic, political and international pressure placed on the people of Germany ensured the loathing of the forced governmental rule. The immediate impact of the Great Depression of 1929, which has been debated and considered by most historians to be the dominant factor in the downfall of the ‘democratic experiment’ which subsequently led to continuous political instability

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    November of 1923, Hitler tried to take advantage of the crisis facing the Weimar government by establishing a revolution in Munich, Germany. It seemed like the perfect opportunity, but poor planning and misjudgement resulted in failure and the low security imprisonment of Adolf Hitler. After Germany’s failure in World War I, the Weimar Republic had been declared the new democratic government of Germany in February 1919. “The Weimar Republic was a genuine attempt to create a perfect democratic country

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    contributed to the fall of the republic of Weimar and the post-war country of Germany was under the mercy of very many forces which were economic, political, external, internal, short-term and also structural. In addition, it is very hard to separate the forces as being responsible for the decline of the republic and looking very deep into the matter; one can realize that it is Nazism and Hitler who seem to be the main contributors to the fall of the democracy of Weimar. Some of the main reasons which contributed

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