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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic, under the leadership of Stresemann, faced significant challenges and achieved notable successes in various domains. Economically, Germany managed to restore its production levels to pre-World War I standards, benefiting from extended reparation payments and significant foreign investments.

Weimar Republic

urgent action needed

new government

German People

17 local governments

limited power

Reichstag (parliament)

approved laws

WEIMAR REPUBLIC

STRESEMAN

slowly built up Germany's prosperity
more skilful politician than Ebert
right-winger
called in worthless marks
burned them

replaced with new currency

Rentenmark

PROBLEMS
Foreign Policy

Communists attacked Streseman

Nationalist attacked Streseman

joining League of Nations

signing Locarno Pact

Hindenburg elected as President

parties opposed to the Republic

Nazis and Communists

building up party organisations

Culture

many villages and country towns

represented moral decline

Wandervogel Movement

wanted return simple culture

only beneficiated

main losers

peasant farmers and middle class

thought government offered them little

workers of big industries

big landowners

big businesses

ACHIEVEMENTS
Foreign Poicy

Young Plan negociated

final removal of British-French-Belgian troops

from Rhineland

accepted in League of Nations

signed Locarno Treaty

not changing Germany´s western borders

Politics

people reconciling way things were

republic began to settle

became more stable

Cultural Revival

songs critisising political leaders performed

censorship was removed

clubs: major pastime

Cinema´s Golden Age

greatest stars and directors ever

arquitects developed Bauhaus style

artists made powerful paintings

writers, poets flourished

Economy

achieved same production levels

as before WW1

industry recovering very well

exports increasing

reparations payements spread over long period

800 million marks

into Germany´s industry

HYPERINFLATION

no goods to trade
government printed money

so much money circulating

prices and wages rocketed

more affected

rich families

their huge savings

no valuables anymore

money worthless

prices rised in terms of SECONDS

paid off its debts

including war loans

seemed atractive solution

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

Economic Chaos
2nd instalment

couldn´t be paid

Ebert try negociating

Allies ran out of patience

French-Belgian troops entered

Ruhr (industrial area)

taking goods and raw materials

government ordered workers

go on strike

French reacted harshly

expell 100,000 protesters from the region

killed 100 workers

1st instalment

correctly payed

announced terms
Germany lost

in addition

forced to pay reparations

£6600 million

annual instalments

accept blame for starting World War 1

army reduced to 100,000

all overseas colonies

48% iron industry

16% coal

12,5% population

10% land

OPPOSITION

RIGHT-WING
were people who

liked having strong army

wanted to have Empire

grew up in Kaiser´s days

violent opposition wanted defeat Ebert

Dr. Kapp

realised he couldn´t succeed

left country

hunted down

led 5000 Freikorps into Berlin

army refused to fire

Berlin workers declared

general strike

capital: no transport, power, water

Kap Putsch Rebelion

LEFT-WING
Spartacists

Freikorps

arragement with Ebert

stop rebelion

heavely armed

he couldn´t

anti-communist ex-soldiers

many fights with Spartacists

many casualties

Spartacists remainded anti-government force

wanted Germany be ruled by workers´councils or soviets

1919: joined by

some rebel soldiers and sailors

set up soviets in many towns

against Ebert´s democratics plans

Communist Party

like Lenin´s Bolsheviks

led by

Rosa Luxemburg

Karl Liebknecht

CONSTITUTION

President
Armed Forces
Chancellor

Government Ministers

Court

ORIGIN

1918
Allies offered Germany peace

condition: being more democratic

Kaiser refused

9th November, 1918

abdicated throne left the country

New leader of Republic

FRIEDERICH EBERT

inmediatelly

announced people

better working conditions

freedom of speech and worship

signed armistice with Allies

socialist

NAME

small town where they met
didn´t meet in Berlin

was dangerous-violent-unstable