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10. Apr. 2024 · Why did the Weimar Republic fail? Was it doomed from the outset? If so, what are we to make of Weimar’s manifold achievements: economic growth, sweeping social democratic legislation, and a cultural renaissance?
19. Apr. 2024 · Rethinking the Weimar Republic: Authority and Authoritarianism, 1916-1936. London, Bloomsbury, 2013, ISBN: 9780340731901; 384pp.; Price: £19.99. For a long time the historiography of Germany’s Weimar Republic has been stuck in a simple dichotomy of cultural experimentation and political and economic crisis.
Vor 5 Tagen · The Weimar Republic was quickly shoved into a deep, deep economic black hole. Unemployment went through the roof In May 1931 four million people were unemployed; by January 1933 there were 6 million. Millions of Germans were forced into poverty. But the government didn’t appear to do anything to help them. As we’ve seen, Weimar’s political system only produced weak governments.
Vor einem Tag · That government was toppled by dispute over flying the old imperial flag alongside of the Weimar colors, which symbolically downgraded the republic. Marx was recalled as chancellor in a government that continued the dual flag policy. The next major issue was the properties of the former kings now held by the states: the question was whether former rulers should receive some compensation or ...
2. Apr. 2024 · Hugo Preuss (born Oct. 28, 1860, Berlin—died Oct. 9, 1925, Berlin) was a German political theorist and legal expert who became the principal author of the constitution of the Weimar Republic. Schooled in the organic-state philosophy of the German political theorist Otto von Gierke, Preuss sustained throughout his own writings the theoretical ...
10. Apr. 2024 · Conversion into a “realistic republican”. Gustav Stresemann. The defeat, the collapse of the monarchy on November 9, 1918, and the flight of Emperor William (Wilhelm) II to Holland were cruel blows to Stresemann. Nonetheless, he quickly accommodated himself to the realities of a republican Germany.
15. Apr. 2024 · What was its purpose? How typical was this opinion for the period? Is there evidence that corroborates the author's depiction? What is the context of the document? Search and Evaluation Strategies. Use good secondary sources as clues to finding primary sources.
