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German Democracy in Crisis, 1919-1922
- The Extreme Right
- German Nationalist Party
(DNVP) won average of
10% of vote in 1920's
elections
- limited electoral support
but had money and
influence
- A lot of
paramilitary
forces
- limited electoral support
but had money and
influence
- Hatred for Weimar
- Extreme right
used to be
Germany's ruling
class, lost this in
the Weimar
Republic
- Viewed Weimar
as a collection
of socialists,
Catholics and
Jewish people
- e.g people they didn't like
- e.g people they didn't like
- The
'November
Criminals' had
signed the
Treaty of
Versailles
- e.g 'stab in the back'
- e.g 'stab in the back'
- Extreme right
used to be
Germany's ruling
class, lost this in
the Weimar
Republic
- German Nationalist Party
(DNVP) won average of
10% of vote in 1920's
elections
- The Treaty of Versailles,
1919
- Territorial Provisions
- Alsace-Lorraine
returned to
France
- Rhineland to
become a
demilitarised
zone
- Output of
Saar coalfield
to go to
France for 15
years
- Alsace-Lorraine
returned to
France
- Territorial Losses
- 'Polish
Corridor'
given to
new state
of Poland
- Memel,
Upper
Silesia and
Danzig all
lost
- 'Polish
Corridor'
given to
new state
of Poland
- War Guilt/Reparations
- Full
responsibility
for starting
WW1
- £6,600
million
was to
be paid
- Full
responsibility
for starting
WW1
- Disarmament
- Army restricted to
100,000 men
- No
tanks
for
heavy
artillery
- No airforce
- some ships,
including 6
small
battleships,
but no
submarines
- Army restricted to
100,000 men
- Colonies
- Germany was
stripped of
the whole of
its overseas
empire
- Germany was
stripped of
the whole of
its overseas
empire
- People branded as a 'Diktat' - a dictated
peace
- Territorial Provisions
- The Kapp Putsch,
1920
- Freikorps and army
=250,000 but had to be
reduced to 100,000
- Freikorps
disbanded
BUT there
was a
promise to
merge them
with army to
defend
republic,
government
went ahead
and
disbanded
then
- 1
- Freikorps
disbanded
BUT there
was a
promise to
merge them
with army to
defend
republic,
government
went ahead
and
disbanded
then
- In 1920
Ehrhardt
Brigade also
told to
disband
- Commander
Ehrhardt
threathened
to 'topple'
the Republic
- 2
- Commander
Ehrhardt
threathened
to 'topple'
the Republic
- von
Luttwitz
and Kapp
were
involved
- Forces
ordered
into Berlin
and
proclaim
an
overthrow
- Government
fled capital
and ordered
army to sort it
out, army
refused
- 3
- Government
fled capital
and ordered
army to sort it
out, army
refused
- Threat of
strikes
brought the
end of the
Putsch
- 4
- 4
- It was poorly
organised
- Freikorps and army
=250,000 but had to be
reduced to 100,000
- Organisation Consul
- After failure of
Kapp Putsch,
Ehrhardt
returned to
Germany
- Assassinated Erzberger in
1921
- Due to him
being a
'November
Criminal'
- Due to him
being a
'November
Criminal'
- Assassinated
Rathanau in
1922
- Primarily
because
he was
Jewish
- Primarily
because
he was
Jewish
- After failure of
Kapp Putsch,
Ehrhardt
returned to
Germany
- The Extreme Left
- Were angry due to a failure of a communist Germany at the
end of WW1
- Also angry
at brutality
that faced
KPDs
leader
- Also angry
at brutality
that faced
KPDs
leader
- Disintigration
of Independent
Socialist Party
gave 400,000
new members
- 1920 Revolt in Ruhr,
1921 Revolt in Saxony,
both put down by army
- Were angry due to a failure of a communist Germany at the
end of WW1
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