Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Weimar
Republic:
problems in
the 1920s
- Defeat in WW1
- Germany
was in a
bad state
at the end
of the war
- Allies had
stopped
supplies
reaching
them
- Political unrest
- Strikes
- angry about losing the war
- Treaty of Versailles unfair
- Treaty of versailles
- Land
- England wanted
some colonies
- German
had to give
back the
land taken to
France
- German
had to
hand over
13% of
their land
- Money
- Reparations
of
£6600million
- Army
- Germany
had to hand
over their
defences
- Submarines
- Tanks
- Airforce
- Blame
- Germany forced
to sign document
to say they had
started the war
- The war guilt clause
- Political violence
- Left wing
- The spartacist rising
- Spartacist league
- Communists
- Diddn't trust goverment
- Tried to start a revolution
- Got thwarted by
government instantly
- Red rising in the Rhur
- Workers led by
communist party
- Workers angry about
pay
- Red army of 50,000
ached on the Rhur
- Had weak leadership so
never was a real threat
- Right wing
- Kapp Putsch
- Friekorps, led
by Wolfgang
Kapp
- 12,000
Freicorps
marched to
berlin and
Kapp took over
for 4 days
- Government came
back after the public
rebelled against
them
- Munich
Putsch (Nazis)
- Marched
to munich
with the
support
of Khar
- Threatened
government
and almost
took over
- Khar
withdrew
his
support
- Nazi army was
amnushed by
the
government
- Invasion of the Rhur
- France and
Belgium
marched to
the rhineland
- Demanded
reparations from
Germany
- Germany couldn't pay them
- Workers went on strike
- German leader
persuaded them
to leave
eventually
- Hyper-Inflation
- 2)The German
mark becomes
less valuable as
more money is
printed
- 1)Government prints more
money to pay for war
reparations
- 3)Rises in prices means
that salaries cannot
keep up
- 4)The mark is now
worthless, everyday goods
are bought at ridiculously
high prices
- Definition: When
the prices increase
so much that the
economy cannot
keep up