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The Waimar Republic

Following the abdication of the Kaiser on November 9, 1918, the Weimar Republic was established under the leadership of Friedrich Ebert. This new government faced significant opposition from both the right and left wings.

The Waimar Republic

The Waimar Republic

Under Stresmann (1923-1929)

Problems

In 1926 a president was opposed to Democracy and wrote to the Kaiser for approval

30 percent of the votes went to parties opposed to the Republic

They were 4 different chancellors

Nazis and Communists were building they Party Organizations

Economy

Main losers, peasant farmers and middle classes peasants increased production during war, they were over producing

Workers also gained (most goverments approved un ions which led to improved pay and conditions)

Other winners, big landowners if they owned land in towns

Main winners, big bussinesses wich controlled half of Germany´s production

Economy boom was precarious

Wandervogel wantedd to return to simple contry values, wanted more help in the Countryside.

In German villages and country towns

The Culture of the city seemed to represent a moral decline

Communists also attacked Locarno, as part of the plot against communism in the USSR

Nationalists attacked him for joining The League of Nations

Anf for signing The Locarno Oact

Achievments
Politics

The Republic was begining to settle and German people were becoming reconciled to the way things are

Became more stable

The Economy

Reparations were being paid and exports were on the increase

In 1928 finally achieved the some levels of production as before the war

By 1927 it seemed to have recovered very well

Reparations were spread all over a longer period

He had wide support

Culture

Berlin daring and liberated nightlife

Golden age for German Cinema

Architects created new and exciting buildings

Artists produced powerful paintings

Writers and poets fluorished

Foreign Policy

Negotioted the Young Plan

Remove French and Belgium troops from the Rhineland.

He tried to reverse some of the terms

Of the Treaty of Versailles

In 1926

Germany was accepted in the League of Nations

He signed the Locarno Treathies

to guarantee the Western borders

9 November 1918 Kaiser abdicated

Following day
Ftiedrich Ebert became The New Leader of The Republic Of Germany

The Republic gave

Better working conditions

Freedom of Workshop

Freedom of speech

Had opposition of Right and Left

Right Wing

Kaiser´s advicers

Remained in

Army

Judiciary

Civil Service

Industry

Hoped for Kaiser´s return

Left Wing

Communists

Believed in a Communist Revolution as in Russia

Signed an armistice with the allies
Left Germany for the Netherlands

Germany

Allies offered peace
Kaiser refused

Socialists led uprisings of workers and soldiers

Sailors took over the town of kiel

Bavaria declared independent Socialist Republic

Germany should became more democratic
Strict conditions
Was in a state of Chaos