Weimar Germany Promise And Tragedy By Eric D. Weitz

The definition of a Republic is a state in which the people and their elected representatives hold supreme power. In the case of the Weimar Republic, the Republic was a held by many factors that were the results of the falling of the Republic. These factors were politically division, socialism and economic crisis. In the book of Weimar Germany Promise and Tragedy, Eric D. Weitz emphasizes on many of political defragment and social structure for the Republic. He presented a broad overview of the Weimar Republic establishment and the negative outcomes. Furthermore, William Sheridan Allen described vivid events of the town Northeim and the political instability that have shaped the political system. Both books represent Germany as a Nation and

The shape for the Republic, it created three major political parties. These parties were Right, Center, and Left parties. These political parties created a sense of despair and confusion toward Germany’s society. According to Weitz, these three major parties had the own local political parties that support them as a whole. The NSDP, Nazi, and Nationalist parties supported the Right. The Center party was basically Lutheran, well the church and Left was supported by SPD and USPD. Weitz described many political issues between these three major parties and the consequences for actions. As per Allen, he gave insight of the Northeim city and the cause of political rivalry between these parties. Moreover, it seems the Weimar Republic was created with the intention to rebirth and re-establish a modern version of Germany Empire. But, why did the Weimar Republic fail? As many of these factors mentioned before can be the cause of the felling of the Weimar Republic, Weimar was not truly established. Although, Weimar Republic was established in 1919, for some Germans, the Republic represented failure and sorrow of disunity. Therefore, The Weimar Republic was not truly established in many Germans’

It was up to Germany’s new leaders and a parliament to overcome the struggles from the war. Improbable, United States President Woodrow Wilson advocate the reason of the involvement to the war and the solution for Germany struggles of the war. Weitz described, “Ludendorff and Hindenburg knew that the only hope for a reasonable peace offer for Germany lay with the Americans.” (page.15) As the struggles were increased in Germany after the war, Political leaders such as Gustav Noske and Friedrich Ebert wanted to seek the peace and solution for Germany. These two leaders were representatives as the SPD that was categorized as Left party. They had great intentions but at the same time their intentions were questions by other political leaders. The opposition came from Right party. The Right party was a wealthy party that was in charge in most of the industrial business in Germany. As the challenges started between these two parties, the church represented as Center party, it was neutral with the discussion and policies toward Germany. Hence, Politics became the essential structure for Germany. The Right, Center and Left Party were shape or destroy the Republic. These parties had different purposes toward Germany. The Right wanted to rebuilt Germany’s economy and eliminated other political parties. The Left wanted to created peace in Germany and work with their allies for