There was continuous violence and unrest:The Weimar government's main crisis occurred in 1923, when the Germans failed to make a reparations payment on time, which set off a train of events that included:

a French invasion of the Ruhr

a general strike

runaway inflation - hyperinflation

a number of communist rebellions

an attempted Nazi putsch in Munich

In March 1920, there was a rebellion - the Kapp Putsch - that aimed to set up a new government as the rebels were angry at them for signing the Treaty of Versailles.

Nationalist terror groups assassinated 356 government politicians.

Many of the people in Germany were communists, who wanted to bring in a Russian-style communist government. There were a number of communist uprisings. For instance, in 1919 the Spartacists rebelled in Berlin.
The Weimar government's main crisis occurred in 1923, when the Germans failed to make a reparations payment on time, which set off a train of events that included: a French invasion of the Ruhr, a general strike, runaway inflation - hyperinflation, a number of communist rebellions, an attempted Nazi putsch in Munich.

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What Problems Faced The Weimar Republic?