Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Weimar Germany
- Problems for Weimar republic
- French occupation of Ruhr
- French troops occupied the
Ruhr in January 1923 when
Garmany failed to pay
reparations
- Attacks from the right
- The weimar
government called on
workers to stick and
many did so the
Kapp Putsch failed.
- Hyperinflation(1923)
- the government
printed money to
pay reparations
- Treaty of Versailled
- this was hated by
Germans for harsh peace
terms and Weimar
politcians were blamed for
signing it.
- attacks from the left
- the spartacist uprising in
January 1919 was
defeated by the Weimar
government with the help
of Freikorps
- The constitution
- This led to difficulties
in getting laws passed
which meant that
suspending the
constitution was often
the only way.
- The origins of the Weimar Republic
1918-23
- The British, French
and US armies had
driven the Germans
troops out of France
and Belgium and were
close to the German
borders
- a flu epidemic was
sweeping the country
killing thousands of
people already
weakended ny rations.
- on 11 of November
the new republic
signed the armistice
with the Allies.
- why did the Nazis try to
take power in Munich in
1923?
- Former army leader General
Ludendorff was close to Hitler
so the Nazis thought he could
persuade the German army to
support them.
- The Nazis thought they were ready and
Hitler was established as leader. They had
about 55000 supporters and the SA-most
Nazis support was in Munich.
- The unpopularity of the
Weimar government among
ordinary Germans increased
in September 1923
- The government of Bavaria was right-wing
and didn't like the Weimar government.
- Reasons for Nazi party succes
1929-33
- Farmers
- The Nazis promised
to protect the farmers
from communists.
- SA as private army
- Stronger than communists
- Some working class support
- The working class was the biggest group of
voters. The Nazis were connected with jobs and
images of a strong Germany but more workers
supported the communists.
- Big business
- The Nazis built support from
some women with messages of
the key role for women and the
family in germany's future.
- The Nazis
promised strong
leadership and
protection from
communists.
- In return big buisnesses
support the Nazis.
- A good example of a wealthy
Nazi party funder is Alfred
Hugenburg he owned media
companies and had become a
right-wing politician