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Why was the Weimar Republic so unpopular with many Germans between 1919 and 1923?
- Essay length: 1317 words
- Submitted: 04/09/2003
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Natalya Luck
Teacher essay summary
The author covers the key problems faced by the government well, with some good explanation in places. However, there is a great deal of repetition, suggesting that the author could have planned the response more carefully or used a different structure that they were more comfortable with. 4 out of 5 stars.
Marked by teacher Natalya Luck 09/04/2013
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Why was the Weimar Republic so unpopular with many Germans between 1919 and 1923?
After The War a new type of government was set up in Germany. This was the Weimar Republic. Between 1919 and 1923 it had to deal with many problems. 1919 saw the Spartacist Rebellion and the new government was forced to agree to the unpopular Treaty of Versailles. In 1920 the Kapp Putsch succeeded in taking over the government for a while. In 1921 Germany began to pay reparations and inflation began to get out of control. Two years later France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr and the hyperinflation was now out of control. The NSDAP, led by Adolf Hitler and General Ludendorff, tried to take over the government at this time. This bad start had three main causes.
The First reason why the Weimar Republic started badly was that there were political problems. Some people were very upset that the Kaiser had been forced to leave. This was a politically a bad start because it showed that some people would have preferred to have had the previous political system. The communists disliked the new republic because not much would change. The
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MbT essay summary
The author covers the key problems faced by the government well, with some good explanation in places. However, there is a great deal of repetition, suggesting that the author could have planned the response more carefully or used a different structure that they were more comfortable with. 4 out of 5 stars.
