Reasons for the Problems of The Weimar Republic in 1918 - 1923
There were a number of reasons for the problems that the new Republic
had to face. It was a completely new government which had to be
established. They had to survive the defeat of the war and the lack of
confidence Germans had thus acquired -mainly over the political
system. There was an eminent amount of political resistance to the new
Republic, from right-wing nationalists, and on the opposite end of the
scale, left-wing communists - both of these groups using violence in
attempting to challenge the new Regime which they opposed greatly. The
Treaty of Versailles also created many problems, mainly affecting the
German economy, which was after all already weak due to the war.
During the First World War, Germany was lead by the dictatorship of
their Kaiser (Wilhelm), who ended up abdicating (9TH Nov. 1918) after
violent uprisings against him. He was replaced by the Weimar Republic
in 1918, with new president Ebert. The Democratic Republic was
something completely new to Germany, and the lost war gave the new
government a bad starting point - considering the loss was one of the
first things they had to inform the German public of. Previous to this
Germany had thought they would win the war because of the information
being fed to them by the Kaiser. They would associate bad news to this
new government; giving democracy a bad name. Nevertheless some people
did welcome the end of the war and the new beginning supporting Ebert.
Yet, some people went as far to say they had been
'stabbed-in-the-back' by Ebert - they blamed him and the new
government for their loss. I could infe...
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... people who would gain from the inflation. Anyone who had debts or
loans in 1920 would easily be able to pay these off now - leaving them
with something much more valuable - possibly land or a house etc. The
disaster that was hyperinflation desperately needed to be solved. A
new leader was brought in - Gustav Stresemann, he brought new support
to the government (he was a leading member of every govt.). He decided
that marks needed to be destroyed - so he came up with the Retenmark
to start the end of the hyperinflation crisis. To help rebuild
industry, Germany acquired loans of around 800million marks from the
USA under the 'Dawes Plan' and passive resistance was called off. With
time Germany's political status was rebuilt, the economy was under
control, and eventually they became accepted by the rest of Europe
again.
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