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Weimar Republic 1918 - 1933

Weimar Republic 1918 - 1933. KAISER WILHEM II. What problems did Germany face at the end of the war?. A. Economic problem : - Germany in bankrupt - British navy blockading Germany´s northern ports and starving out the nation - Loss of labour power B. Political problems:

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Weimar Republic 1918 - 1933

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  1. Weimar Republic 1918 - 1933

  2. KAISER WILHEM II

  3. What problems did Germany face at the end of the war? • A. Economicproblem: - Germany in bankrupt - British navy blockading Germany´s northern ports and starving out the nation - Loss of labourpower • B. Political problems: - Near total disrespect for the government • C. Social problems: -Many thousands of armed and disillusioned former soldiers roaming the streets -Civilian population traumatised by the impact of the war. -Anger in Germany over the Treaty of Versailles -Spanish influenza. 1918

  4. Mutiny in theNavy

  5. Mutiny in thenavy-Kiel port

  6. German history between 1919 and 1933Democraticrepublic- constitution

  7. Friedrich Ebert 1919-1925 His government agreed to sign the Armistice and reparations, and were labelled 'November Criminals' for stabbing Germany in the back. Leader of the Social Democratic Party.

  8. Theperfectdemocracy? • Freedom of speech and religion, and equality under the law. • All men and women over the age of 20 vote. • Elected president and an elected Reichstag. • The Reichstag made the laws and appointed the government, which had to do what the Reichstag wanted.

  9. Germany between 1918 and 1919 was in... • Chaos. • People were starving • The Kaiser had fled • People hated the government • armistice in November 1918 – • “November criminals”. • Bands of soldiers called Freikorps private armies

  10. Freikorps ex soldiers who helped Ebert top defeat the Spartacists

  11. Putsches: attempt to overthrow the the governments-coup d' etats

  12. TheSpartacists - Communists • Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht 1919 The Spartacist Pustch

  13. Diktat • The Treaty of Versailles was called a Diktat-dictated peace.

  14. KappPutsch - 1920 • 1920 the Kapp Putsch aimed to bring back the Kaiser and overthrow the Weimar Republic

  15. WolfgangKapp • Wolfgang Kapp was an extremist NATIONALIST who hated the government for signing the Treaty of Versailles.

  16. KappPutsch • Kapp was supported by the police, the free Corps and some of the army. • But he did not have the workers on his side. • They organised a general strike

  17. WhoinvadedtheRuhr in 1923? French invasion: Germany did not pay reparations

  18. TheMunichPutsch-Beer Hall Putsch 1923 • Hitler tried to take advantage • Imprisonment of Adolf Hitler. • It was an attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Ebert Book: Mein Kampf

  19. Hyperinflation-Great depression • Hyperinflation in Germany skyrocketed in 1923. • 6 million Germans were unemployed

  20. Gustav STRESEMANN 1923 - 1929

  21. Hyperinflation Devaluation of the German Mark

  22. PassiveResistance • Gustav Stresemann the German chancellor called off the passive resistance and began paying reparations again. He also tackled the problem of inflation by establishing the Rentenmark.

  23. Dawes Plan 1924 • It was for Germany to pay what she could actually afford each year.

  24. LocarnoTreaty- 1925 • Germany promised never to change her borders with France and Belgium

  25. Young Plan-1929 • Young Plan reduced payments by over 67%

  26. Wall Street Crash-1929

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