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How and why did the Weimar Republic collapse between 1929 and 1933? Part of History Germany in transition, 1919-1939. Save to My Bitesize Remove from My Bitesize. In this guide. Revise. Test ...
In English, the republic was usually simply called "Germany", with "Weimar Republic" (a term introduced by Adolf Hitler in 1929) not commonly used until the 1930s. After the end of the First World War (1914–1918), Germany was exhausted and sued for peace in desperate circumstances. Awareness of imminent defeat sparked a revolution, the ...
Richard Bessel here relates the failure of the Republic to establish its legitimacy to the legacy of the First World War-a legacy which was clearly huge in both economic and political terms. but also in cultural terms. Above all, as Bessel emphasizes in this passage, German society in the 1920s suffered from a collective unwillingness to accept ...
Richard Bessel's essay, "Why did the Weimar Republic Collapse?," is in many ways the most ambitious in the volume. To his credit, Bessel takes on the daunting task of evaluating the wide range of factors— political, social, and cultural as well as economic—that contributed to Weimar's demise. Bessel moves thoughtfully across the political spec
The Weimar Republic was Germany’s first experiment in democracy. It was founded after the aftermath of the German defeat in World War I. The Republic faced many challenges during its short life. It was undermined by right and left-wing extremists and the military. Many have seen the fall of the Weimar Republic as inevitable.
Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Why did the Weimar Republic collapse? The government had to take out extensive loans. Many individuals were out of work because of the war. Citizens felt that the government did not serve their needs. Significant financial resources were given to another country., The Nazi party most strongly appealed to the German people because ...
Epilogue: Why did the Weimar Republic Fail? 319 primacy of foreign policy, a doctrine which had for long convinced many German that only a political system strong on authority was suitable to their circumstances, was still widely accepted. It was another potent addition to the anti-democratic cocktail. In view of this the pursuit a policy based on
