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What Problems did the Weimar Republic Face from 1918 to 1923? In 1919
the Weimar Republic was set up in Germany. From its birth ...
... repelled and did not really cause many problems, some may ... Ebert was in the middle
and did not clearly ... Also by 1924 the Weimar republic had survived a series of ...
... How did the Weimar Republic come about? Why did it face difficulties in its first
6 months ... the Article 231; that would end all the refuge and problems that they ...
... fraternity) (Berlet 1). Because of the problems the Germans ... While Weimar was a lesson
that a modern institution is ... When Hitler spoke, he did so as if her was ...
... lost it, and those who owed money no longer did. ... for the people, or solving any problems
for the ... held by the main parties of the Weimar Republic made political ...
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In 1919 the Weimar Republic was set up in Germany. From its birth it faced numerous political problems, for which the causes were many and varied. These problems included political instability, deep divisions within society and economic crisis; problems were constantly appearing for the new government and from 1919-1923, the Weimar Republic experienced a period of crisis.
In 1916, the German Social Democratic Party, which controlled the Reichstag, split in order to cater for the tensions between the reformist and revolutionary wings. They formed the majority socialists (SPD) and the Independent socialists (USPD). Another group split from the SPD to form the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). On 9 November 1918, the Kaiser abdicated and fled to the Netherlands. This meant that a new government had to be formed.The SPD, being the largest political party proclaimed Germany a democratic republic and formed a new government. The main interest of the SPD was to create a strong and stable government with which they could sign the Treaty of Versailles in order to end the war with the Allies. However, in order to return Germany back to peace and stability, the SPD had made a pact with the old order who had strongly supported the Kaiser; they compromised themselves by cooperating with the business community and the army in order to prevent a social revolution. Naturally this sparked off communist anger; the SPD had created a middle class democracy, while the communists demanded a worker's state like that in Bolshevik Russia.The communists wanted nationalisation to take place (i.e. factories, businesses and land to be owned by workers), they wanted workers to be more in control of their lives by means of locally elected councils (soviets), they wanted the army to be replaced with a Citizen's Militia, and they wanted to prevent the middle class from exploiting the working class. In other words, they required a much more radical change than that made since the...
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