Because of the elite's immense influenced in the German society, their hostility undermined the success of the democratic from the beginning.
The Ebert Groener pact was another indication the establishment of German democracy was doomed from the start. The Ebert Groener pact stated Ebert would support the army and oppose any socio-economic change while Groener would ensure army support for Ebert's government any form of threat. This guaranteed the survival of the conservative elites and the maintenance of army political influence in the future, and that there would be no radical socio-economic changes in Germany. Writer Sefton Delmer believed "the republic was born with a hole in its heart" which suggests, as the army would have power in determining the future of the country, it would create an imbalance in power directly undermining the notion of democracy. Thus, the Ebert Groener pact displayed the Weimar Republic was in danger of survival from the beginning.
The flaws in the Weimar constitution potentially doomed the Republic and its democratic bases. The constitution although guaranteed basic political liberities such as freedom of speech, equality before the law and gave men and women over the age of twenty the right to vote, the constitution allowed the president to have the right to close parliament and issues decrees at any moment under Article 48. A most undemocratic element, which, if misused, could undermine the democracy, Historian Edgar Mowrer writes "What can be said for a republic that allows its laws to be interpreted by monarchist judges, its government to be administered by old-time functionaries watches passively while reactionary school teachers teach its children to despise the present freedom"Therefore showing the flaws of the Weimar Constitution such as Article 48 being against the paradigms and value of democracy which the Weimar republic was to uphold and thus undermined the concept of democracy from the start.
"The Weimar Republic doomed to fail."" ... The Weimar Republic (1919 - 1933) was short lived. ... The Weimar Republic had a troubled birth. ... They also opposed the Weimar Republic. ... If the Weimar Republic was doomed to failure then it would not have been able to suppress the violence and revolts from the Extreme Left and Right and it would have collapsed at that point in time. ...
Was the weimer republic doomed from the start? ... The social democrats, the centre party and the democrats, they met in Weimar, south Germany, because of the fighting in Berlin, and their first action was to elect Friedrich Ebert as President of Germany. The Weimar republic had good points and bad points, some of the good points were that the public was allowed to vote, a right that did not exist before, another was they had freedom of speech. I believe that because of these good points the Weimar republic was not doomed from the start. ... I think that the Weimar republic was not doo...
Was the collapse of the Weimar Republic inevitable? Introduction: The Weimar Republic was created after World War I with Germany in a state of near-anarchy. ... The Social Democratic Party was the leading party in the creation of the Weimar Republic. ... Within a year he had destroyed the Weimar Republic, the government which he had labeled the "Guilty Men of 1918." ... Main: Considering the factors which surrounded the Weimar Republic at the time, and with hindsight, it would be fair to say that their collapse was indeed inevitable. ...
Economic failure was one of the main reasons for the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis. Although there were more problems; problems hampered the Republic right from the start, the legacy of Versailles, the lack of support for the Weimar Republic, flaws in the Weimar Constitution and the economical difficulties. All of these problems added to the fall of the Weimar Republic. ... The combination of these weaknesses may have lead to the fall of the Weimar Republic too. ... The legacy of Versailles couldn't have helped to keep the Weimar Republic ...
Quote: "By the Beginning of 1929, the prospects for the survival of the Weimar Republic looked Good."" ... "No area of policy under the Weimar Republic could claim to rival the success of its foreign policy. ... Hyperinflation broke out and the Weimar Republic was the one to blame. ... Weimar Republic's failure was sealed by the constitution itself. ... Stresemann did try hard to pull Germany out of harms way however, the Weimar republic was doomed from the beginning and perished leaving way for Hitler to lead Germany. ...
World War I ended in disaster for the Germans, The policies of the Weimar Republic, the government that replaced the Kaiser, led to inflation and compete economic chaos due to its inability to pay back reparations outlined in the Treaty of Versailles. ... What went right for Hitler and wrong for the Weimar government that led to this incident? ... The Weimar government was doomed from the start because it was set up after the Treaty of Versailles and was despised by many German citizens. ... The public trial was a forum for Adolf Hitler to spread his infectious message and paint himself as a p...
The secular materials attempt to explain how it happened and the reactions of the victims; some have suggested that a deep and complete despair combined with a corrosive and unacknowleged sense of worthlessness that had been created by crushing and humiliating hardships and the disintegration of the Weimar Republic fueled an underlying and pervasive anti-Semitism in Germany. ... The Survivor from Warsaw is not performed very often, but whoever has heard it cannot forget its urgency and poignancy, its oppressive feeling of doom and anger, its exhilarating yet heart-rending climax on the accent ...