Was the weimer republic doomed from the start?

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Was the weimer republic doomed from the start? (15 marks).

In 1918 Germany was just about to lose the franko Prussian war the loss would have been deeply humiliating to the Kaiser. The Kaiser’s top officials advise him to abdicate from the presidency. So in 1918 the Kaiser fled to Holland on the advice of lundenndorff and Hindenburg.  The parties who supported a democratic system became increasingly confident. Then in 1918 a parliamentary system was declared on the basis that they would get better peace terms. The leadership was handed over to a man called Erbert. The new republic was declared.

Their was number of events that effected the new republic and made there job hard from the start. The events would effect the republic in different ways some would be long term effects and some the new republic would have to deal with straight away.

Before the new republic had to deal with any major problems there was already instability in the government. The republic was made up of a coalition because no one party got a majority of the election votes. This idea was called proportional representation. This was unstable because each party had different aims and ideas; it was difficult for the republic to agree on policies.

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There was also tension in the government due to the ambiguous relationship between the government and the reichstag. Under the ruling of article 48 the government had the right to interfere with legistations. This gave the threat that the republic could turn into a democracy at any time.

The first major task for the republic was the signing of the treaty of Versailles. This treaty was embarrassing for the new republic and increased the public’s unrest for the democracy. The treaty meant harsh terms for the weimer. The army was reduced from 600,000 to 100,000, naval personnel ...

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