Why did the extreme right hate the Weimar government and why did they fail to overthrow the republic between 1919 and 1923?
The right wing in Germany was made up of nationalists, monarchists, business people, upper classes; Junkers, conservatives and some extreme right-wingers were racist and anti-Semitic. The right wing of the political spectrum in Germany was made up of The NSDAP, a party with extreme political views, they were racist, anti Semitic as well as being anti-Weimar, the DNVP, anti-republic nationalists, business people, landowners and upper and middle classes. The DVP, a splinter group of the DNVP, were a party who were anti-republic nationalists, upper and middle classes, conservatives and monarchists. As well as the political parties the right wing also contained paramilitary groups as well as the army- the reichswehr, the freikorps as well as the civil service, who had formally been employed by the Kaisers right wing govt. and the judiciary who were extremely biased towards the right wing.
The right wing hated the Weimar government because of a variety of different reasons. One main one being the treaty of Versailles, within Germany it was seen to be a “diktat” as well as being a shameful peace and “stab in a back”. The signing of the treaty of Versailles lead to Germany admitting defeat and this dented German upper classes pride. Many were extreme nationalists and believed in a strong Germany as well as the admitting of defeat Germany also lost many of her colonies, which were a sign of her once, great empire which many of the right wing had helped to conquer and was a sign of a great Germany. The treaty limited the army that Germany was allowed to have and this caused a great deal of pride lost, as the army were extremely right wing. The fact that the Weimar government had signed the treaty led them to put the blame out on the government, but also the extreme blamed the Jews, pacifists as well as the socialists who made up the new government.
