How did the Weimar government cope with the threat from the left and the right?

The left wing was a major threat to the Weimar. The left-wing group was a communist party known as the Spartacists. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg led them. They wanted a Germany ruled by workers’ councils or soviets. The left wing was offering a revolution, stability, a Russian model and jobs. The Weimar Government had to cope with these threats because they were what people wanted. That’s why the Weimar Government got the Freikorps to shoot the people revolting to help the Weimar out. Also the left wing was unhappy that they signed the Treaty of Versailles, which put the Weimar under additional pressure.

The Weimar coped with this threat mainly from calling in the Freikorps to sort things out. 

The right wing wanted a democratic government. They wanted stability within in Germany. They wanted a figurehead; a person who would be a dictator a person who would speak to the public this comes into national pride/nationalism. They were extremely angry that they signed the Treaty of Versailles because they didn’t think that it was right. The right wing wanted a strong army; they wanted to expand its territory, and to have an empire. They had been proud of Germany’s powerful industry. They had the Kapp Putsch, the rebellion.

Ebert struggled to deal with the political violence in Germany. Political assassinations were frequent.

It can be argued that the Weimar Republic never actually had a real chance of survival from the start. In my opinion it had a particularly unfortunate amount of problems but nevertheless it triumphed in overcoming them. It was pure bad luck that in 1929 not only was Weimar confronted with more economic adversity but also Stresemann died at this crucial time. The Nazis were in the right place at the right time in order to exploit this misfortune. If it had not been for these fateful circumstances, I believe that the Weimar Republic would have survived longer.