The Downfall of the Weimar Republic

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This paper discusses the Weimer Republic, of post-WWI Germany. It specifically looks at the reasons why it was doomed to social and political failure, particularly the effect of the economic climate of the period which it encompassed. The paper discusses the downfall of the Weimer Republic, at the hands of economic and social devastation.

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"Germany was seeking change, sweeping change that would lend rapid resolution to the desperation and the symptoms of such desperation that resulted from the great depression and then the post-war reparations and economic instability of a nation. It is for these reasons and others that the Weimer republic, of post-WWI Germany was in many ways doomed to social and political failure, most profoundly because of the economic climate of the period which it encompassed. Seeking rapid change led the people to look for resolutions in places where the message gave them the most hope as to the manner in which their lives would be transformed. The nation sought an end to crippling inflation and jarring social unrest that resulted from it."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Hauser, Heinrich. "The Unemployed" (April 1933) In The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, ed. Anton Kaes, Martin Jay, and Edward Dimendberg, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1994. 84-85.
• Kroner, Friedrich. "Overwrought Nerves." In The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, ed. Anton Kaes, Martin Jay, and Edward Dimendberg, (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1994. 63- 64.
• Luxemburg, Rosa. "Founding Manifesto of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD)" (1918) In The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, ed. Anton Kaes, Martin Jay, and Edward Dimendberg, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1994. 40-45
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