Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

1. A Year of Crisis 1923

   • Hyper Inflation and Unrest
     • Created by the occupation of the Ruhr
     • Germany are not making any money but continue to print
       • Deutch mark becomes worthless
         • Prices rose
           • 9 million for bread
           • Economy collapses
             • Worst for middle class
   • French Occupation of the Ruhr
     • Germany couldn't pay
       • French and Belgium take Ruhr and their goods
     • Passive Resistance
       • 100 people die
       • France gets nothing
       • Nor does Germany
         • Germany is crippled
   • 'Beer Hall' Putch

2. Golden years

   • Political status
   • Culure
   • Foreign affairs
   • Economy

3. A difficult start 1918-23

   • End of the war
     • 1918
       • Losing the war
       • Ports where blocked
         • Home front Starving
           • Resentment
       • Westen front desperate
         • Last chance projects
           • Failed
     • October Kaiser Abdicates
       • Social Democratic Party takes over
     • Armistice signed 11am on the 11/11/1918
   • TofV
     • Stab in the back myth
     • Germany think it is a Truce
     • Allies think it is a surrender
     • Made Germany more Democratic
       • A democracy born in Defeat
       • Proportional Representation made it slow and hard to make desisions
       • Very Fair everyone over 20 had a vote
   • Threats
     • Left Wing
       • Spartacist 1919
         • Karl Liebknecht
         • Rosa Luxembourg
         • Communist Revolution
           • Take over Berlin
         • Ebert does a deal to help them fight the Communists
           • Weeks of fighting
           • Freikorps win
             • Karl and Rosa murderd
             • (ex soiders that took the law into their own hands)
     • Right wing
       • Dr Wolfgang Kapp
       • Rich industrialist
       • March on Berlin with 5000 Freikorps
       • Workers go on strike
       • City comes to a halt
       • Kapp runs, is arrested then dies
   • Unrest and Violence

4. Great Depression

   • Wall Street Crash