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GCSE MODERN WORLD HISTORY
WEIMAR GERMANY
INTERACTIVE
1918-1933
WHY DID THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
COLLAPSE IN 1933?
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THE WEIMAR CONSTITUTION
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This animation shows how Germany was
governed under
thewas
new
constitution, the
Judges
President
elected
for 7 years
Weimar Constitution. A constitutionThesets
army
out who has power and how this
power
Germany
under the
Reichstag
Weimar Republic was a
was
to
be
used.
Germany
needed
[Parliament]
democracy.a
Peoples’ rights
Chancellor was elected
protected by what
for 4 years it hadwere
new constitution because
changed
was called the
fundamental law.
from a monarchy to a republic.
The election system was
proportional representation.
Article 48 gave the
President the power to rule
Ministers
The German parliament
without or
parliament.
Reichstag
GCSE Modern World History
Weimar Germany 1918-1933
POLITICAL PROBLEMS
Signing the
armistice and
the defeat in
the First World
start. War
The Weimar
The election
system of PR
and coalition
Thegovernments.
new republic
The government was
unpopular, ’November
Criminals’.
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got off to a bad
government had serious
political problemsProblems
to dealwith
with between 1919 and 1923. The German people were
The Freikorps
the
new
convinced by the army that they could have carried on fighting
and lackinofthe war but the
Weimar
lawarmistice.
and order The
government had ‘stabbed
Constitutionthem in the back’ by signing the
Weimar
government was called ‘November
criminals’.
Things got even worse when they
POLITICAL
PROBLEMS
Germany
The Treaty
was
The
government
signed
the Treaty
of Versailles
in June 1919.
Germans were
outraged
that
they lost
Political
problems
are
problems
to
do
with
political
hated
theland and had to pay £6,600 million in reparations. They was
unablethe
to
10%
ofand
their
blamed
governed.
They
include
law
government how the country is problems
control the
Weimar
government
and
Ebert
for
this.
Ex-soldiers
expressed
their
anger
by
was blamed.
army.
1918and order,
popularity
of the
government
and to have the
keeping their weapons
and forming
Freikorps
groups.
They
demanded
1923
Revolts
the
election
system.
This
is aRathenau.
summary
Kaiser back and The
killed
government
ministersdiagram
like Walther
Treaty
of
WEIMAR GERMANY
of
Versailles
the
political
against the
the
Weimar
government
problems faced by
The Weimar constitution
had several
fundamental
The voting system of
government
between
1918weaknesses.
and 1923.
proportional representation meant that
small parties existed and coalition
Government
governments
hadthey
to be formed. Members
of the government There
oftenwere
argued
between
ministers
People showed
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revolts
to
were
hated
the
themselves.
try to overthrow the
assassinated
government by
murdering ministers.
government.
GCSE Modern World History
Weimar Germany 1918-1933
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Think about
the answer
yourself first.
A suggested
EXPLANATION
answer is on
When you explain, you give detail the
to say
why
next page.
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something is important or has happened. It is
different from description which is saying what
you see in the cartoon.
For example5 the cartoonist had a reason
for Dodge 7
The Transparent
Germany
“Help! I Drown! Throw
showing Germans in the way
he
did.
me the life-belt”
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George
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can
do[Britain]
it in and
Mr Briand [France]
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an exam you will get a high
“Trygrade.
standing on your feet”
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GCSE Modern World History
Weimar Germany 1918-1933