The Weimar Republic
Why did the Weimar Republic get off to a "bad start?" What were the republic’s main successes and failures? What were the unique features of the Weimar constitution? What social problems existed in post war Germany? What does "We shall all be nationalists in ten years," mean? Why was 1926 a good year of the republic? Why was 1929 a bad one? Make a chronological list of the major events in Hitler’s early life through 1933. This will be collected. Rosa Luxemburg- (One of the Sparticist leaders murdered by German police)"Freedom only for the supporters of the government, only for the members of one party -- however numerous they may be -- is no freedom at all. Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks." Of all liberal attempts at reconstruction, none began more hopefully nor ended more pathetically than the German republic. On paper—that is, in its constitution—it appeared to be one of the most advanced democratic nations of the times, but almost from the beginning it encountered die-hard opposition from both ends of the political spectrum. Its founders carried the onus of having accepted the Versailles treaty with the war guilt clause. It was overwhelmed by the world
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Approximate Word count = 2568
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)
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