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The Weimar Republic was the type of government that Germany had from the years 1918-1933. This government went on just after the first world war, during the great depression, and right before the second world war. The failure of this government was caused by man factors that over time picked the government apart, forcing a new government to be chosen.

One reason that the Weimar Republic failed in Germany was the fact that the people that lived in the Republic were always frightened and scared. They were frightened and scared because this was one tactic used to try to control them. Like stated in Document 2, Article 48 “ ….with the aid of armed forces….Reich President may take the measures necessary for their restoration….”. This shows that …show more content…

An example of this is that during this time people were tired they had just gone through a world war and are going through a great depression so people at this time are tired, angry, and just really want a government that will work. This is backed up by Document 7 which says “People are already worn down by the struggle of daily life….more ready to submit”. Document 7 is showing that these people are tired and ready to quit, they just want something to work and help them. Also like the picture “Toads of Property” shows there was the high up people and the lows. You can see the high up people who are just fine and betting money playing games, where as the poor people are standing around all sad and look as if they are defeated. If people in your country are feeling defeated and don’t have faith in what is going on the government isn’t going to last long. Like shown, people overall weren’t really happy. They were tired and beaten down from what has went on already and were just defeated in …show more content…

One thing that was allowed that lead to the downfall of the Weimar Republic was the fact that they allowed guns and power if part of the Reichstag. Like shown in Document 6 “We are entering the Reichstag in order that we may arm ourselves….we shall become members….in order that the Weimar ideology should itself help us destroy it. This shows that people unhappy with the government will join it so they can arm themselves with info and weapons and destroy it. This can only happen because the Weimar Republic allows the people in the Reichstag to be able to do that. Also, Article 118 says that the Weimar Republic didn’t censor its news and that is something that almost needs to happen in a government like that. This lead to the downfall because the people heard the news of other countries and hear what was going on and then could use that as fuel in order to take down the Weimar

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