Weimar Republic Research Paper
Analyse the challenges faced by one democratic state in the first half of the 20th century and the extent to which they were successfully dealt with.
Although not the first nation to introduce a democratic form of government, Germany’s Weimar Republic was one which felt the strains of introducing a totally new and different regime more than most other democratic states ever had before. Despite having handled some issues successfully in the first half of the twentieth century, the Weimar Republic failed to deal with the majority of the problems that it faced as a leading body. The conclusion of the First World War brought with it many challenges which the Weimar struggled to address effectively in its fourteen years of existence, including …show more content…
The party was facing monumental economic issues due to hyperinflation and was thus widely losing support. This established a perfect situation for an extremist leader to present to the desperate people a revolutionary solution and to take power by force. In order to strengthen the appeal to the desperate German people, along with his two thousand men marching through Munich, Hitler called to German war hero, General Ludendorff, to march along with him. Hitler’s main plan relied on forcing Government officials to march with him; however, the triumvirate of government official leaders had kept loyal to the government. Once they were able to get away from Hitler they did their best to bring down the coup. Once they had lost the influence, the Nazi Party decided to march by force using Ludendorff as protection. This only resulted in conflicts with the police, Nazi leaders fleeing, and chaos in the streets. This is a strong example of how despite the terrible state the government was in it was still able to handle massive uprisings by extremist parties. Nevertheless, this success only went so far. After the failed coup, Hitler was captured and put into jail, allowing him to elaborate his plan upon his exit, write his book “Mein Kampf”, and gave him access to courts which served as a stage for his speeches. This nonetheless short term success for the Weimar republic as a coup with massive potential was kept under complete
Although not the first nation to introduce a democratic form of government, Germany’s Weimar Republic was one which felt the strains of introducing a totally new and different regime more than most other democratic states ever had before. Despite having handled some issues successfully in the first half of the twentieth century, the Weimar Republic failed to deal with the majority of the problems that it faced as a leading body. The conclusion of the First World War brought with it many challenges which the Weimar struggled to address effectively in its fourteen years of existence, including …show more content…
The party was facing monumental economic issues due to hyperinflation and was thus widely losing support. This established a perfect situation for an extremist leader to present to the desperate people a revolutionary solution and to take power by force. In order to strengthen the appeal to the desperate German people, along with his two thousand men marching through Munich, Hitler called to German war hero, General Ludendorff, to march along with him. Hitler’s main plan relied on forcing Government officials to march with him; however, the triumvirate of government official leaders had kept loyal to the government. Once they were able to get away from Hitler they did their best to bring down the coup. Once they had lost the influence, the Nazi Party decided to march by force using Ludendorff as protection. This only resulted in conflicts with the police, Nazi leaders fleeing, and chaos in the streets. This is a strong example of how despite the terrible state the government was in it was still able to handle massive uprisings by extremist parties. Nevertheless, this success only went so far. After the failed coup, Hitler was captured and put into jail, allowing him to elaborate his plan upon his exit, write his book “Mein Kampf”, and gave him access to courts which served as a stage for his speeches. This nonetheless short term success for the Weimar republic as a coup with massive potential was kept under complete