Its tragedy was that it failed consistently to convince the zealots of the political extremes of the constructive good sense of that policy. When international economic crisis undermined the Republic, its foreign policy of restrained national reassertion was to be one of the first casualties of its collapse."" (252 Morris). .
The Treaty of Versailles had left the German government devastated, as the republic could not pay the costs of the debts. Unable to pay the 6.6 Billion pound fee, foreign opposition was determined to make Germany pay, even if necessary to occupy raw materials for themselves. France and Belgium troops marched in to the industrial city of Ruhr and occupied it by force, which was legal under the Treaty of Versailles. Proclaiming a policy of passive resistance, Germany lost a huge industrial advantage. Due to the actions in Ruhr, the government was unable to pay the damages and began printing more bills. Hyperinflation broke out and the Weimar Republic was the one to blame. Old people who lived on fixed pensions or savings found that these were now worthless, as well many small business and private trade became impossible. The state at which inflation increased was absurd and damaging to the German economy as the following passage explains:.
" One fine day I dropped into a café to have a coffee. As I went in I noticed the price was 5000 marks - just about what I had in my pocket. I sat down, read my paper, drank my coffee, and spent altogether about one hour in the café, and then asked for the bill. The waiter duly presented me with a bill for 8000 marks. Why 8000 marks?' I asked. The mark had dropped in the meantime, I was told. So I gave the waiter all the money I had, and he was generous enough to leave it at that."" (Source 6 The Memories of a German Writer).
Inflation in 1923 destroyed all savings and there was little or not money left for further investment.
"The Weimar Republic doomed to fail."" ... The Weimar Republic (1919 - 1933) was short lived. ... In this essay, the reasons why the Weimar Republic collapsed will be examined and assessed to see if this was inevitable. The Weimar Republic had a troubled birth. ... They also opposed the Weimar Republic. ...
Lastly, there were many problems within the Weimar Republic that eventually paved the road for the Nazi regime. ... The collapse of the Weimar Republic opened the door for the Nazi takeover in January 1933. ... Many attempts to destroy the Weimar Republic were present. ... Eventually the depression led to the paralysis of the Weimar Republic. ... The collapse of the Weimar Republic is no doubt one of the reasons for the Nazis triumph. ...
One will theorize in this essay what would have happened if (actual loser did not make the mistakes they did and prevailed, the outcome and the impact it would have had. ... 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 public trial was a forum for Adolf Hitler to spread his infectious messa...
Two of the sources used in this essay, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and Hitler and Nazi Germany are then evaluated in detail in terms of their origins, purpose, value and limitations. B Summary of Evidence The Weimar Republic had become a flawed structure, which contained a destabilized and increasingly volatile population. ... This approach that Hitler gave, made the Nazi Party, the only in the Weimar Republic able to appeal to all sectors of the population. The whole process was carried out by means of an effective propaganda machine that was organized by Goebbles and delivered...
For this essay I'm going to scrutinize the relationship between the music video's 'Born this way' by Lady GaGa and 'Take on me' by A-ha. ... In order to create a stronger sense of structure to my essay, I'm going to open by placing each video amongst Todorov's spectrum of fantasy and see if we can define each video by its characteristics and where its summation places. ... Metropolis is a film about overcoming class separation, released in 1927 the film was created during Germany's rather unsuccessful Weimar republic era and could perhaps be constru...
This essay will attempt to answer such a question by analysing three main areas of the Front: Firstly, we will look at its increasing popularity during election results since the party was founded in the Seventies . ... This was indeed a proud moment for Le Pen and the Front as Alistair Cole tells us that: "This performance was better than any previous far-right showing since the beginning of the Fifth Republic."5 In the 1998 Presidential elections, Le Pen (whom seven years earlier failed to even stand) managed to poll 14.4% at the first round. .....
This essay will attempt to prove that by the end of 1934 Adolf Hitler's Nazi party had begun a campaign, which could have ultimately turned Germany into a totalitarian state. ... Gleischaltung was in essence: "the elimination of those institution and structures of the Weimar Republic that no longer served a useful purpose in a National Socialist Germany and the disciplining and coordination of those that were indispensable." - Gordon A. ...
This essay will attempt to prove that by the end of 1934 Adolf Hitler's Nazi party had begun a campaign, which could have ultimately turned Germany into a totalitarian state. ... Gleischaltung was in essence: "the elimination of those institution and structures of the Weimar Republic that no longer served a useful purpose in a National Socialist Germany and the disciplining and co-ordination of those that were indispensable." - Gordon A. ...
While going into the background, history, and causes for the war is not necessary for this essay, it is important to realize that the systems in place during the pre-war period were essentially political "boiling pots" and these tensions carried over through the war into post war circumstances to shape new social movements. ...
