The Weimar Republic
Spartakist Uprising, 1919
The Weimar Republic
Hyper Inflation
Caused by:
Leads to:
- Began by Karl Liekbkecht and Rosa Luxenburg
- Turned a socialist group, Spartakists League into German Communist Party
- Tried to take over Berlin in January 1919
- Brutally put down by the Freikorps
- Luxemburg and Liekbknecht murdered
The Weimar Republic
- Democratic Gov't formed after WWI
- First Chancellor is Friedrich Ebert until 1925
- Many people feel the governments constitution was it's downfall
- People mad that they followed treaty of Versailles
Hyper Inflation
Caused by:
- Need to pay reparations
- Unemployment
- Refusal of workers to work in Ruhr region
Leads to:
- French occupation of region in 1923
- New Reichsmark (new currency)
"Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary."
- Friedrich Eber
- Friedrich Eber
FUN FACT: All citizens 20 years or older were allowed to vote in the Weimar Republic.
Subjunctive Question
What would our world be like now if one of the political extremists had been successful in taking over the Weimar Republic?
Summary
The Weimar Republic was a democratic republic faced with many difficulties such as hyper inflation and attacks from political extremists from both sides of the political spectrum. It was the Government the preceded Hitler.