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Weimar Germany: The Failed Republic
1919-1933
Weimar Germany: The Failed Republic
1919-1933
Questions-Part 1A
• Was the Weimar Constitution fatally flawed?
• What aspects of the treaty of the Treaty of Versailles were most difficult for Germans to accept?
• Did the Treaty of Versailles fundamentally weaken Germany?
• “Descent into Chaos” and “The Poison Kitchen” – What do these readings tell you about post-war conditions in Weimar Germany?
questions-part 1B• Assess the threats to Weimar from the
extreme left and the extreme right. Which branch of political extremism was more dangerous to Weimar Germany and why?
• To what extent do you agree with the statement that the Weimar Republic was “a republic without republicans”? Refer to your reading in your response.
• Study the political cartoons on pages 44 and 49. What messages do they convey?
a survey of weimar election results
19 January 1919
6 June 1920
4 May 1924
7 December 1924
20 may 1928
14 September 1930
31 july 1932
6 november 1932(the last free election)
5 March 1933
Political Cartoons
questions-part 1C
• What caused the Great Inflation of 1923?
• How great a threat did it pose for Weimar Germany?
• What were its main effects?
• How important a figure was Stresemann to the Weimar Republic at this time?
images from the great inflation
part 2
• Weimar Republic, 1924-1929: A false stability?
• Why did the Weimar Republic collapse in 1933 and why did it give way to Hitler and the Nazis?
Weimar Germany 1924-1929: A false Stability?
An artist’s final warning: Fritz Lang’s The Testament of
Dr. Mabuse
Formative Socratic seminar
• Why did the Weimar Republic collapse in 1933 and why did it give way to Hitler and the Nazis?
The Sources
• Layton, Weimar and the Rise of Nazi Germany, 1918-1933
• “Descent into Chaos” from R.J. Evans, The Coming of the Third Reich, pp. 60-76
• “The Poison Kitchen” from R. Rosenbaum, Explaining Hitler, pp. 37-59.
• “Weaknesses of Weimar” from R.J. Evans, The Coming of the Third Reich, pp. 78-102
• “Fritz Gerlich and the Trial of Hitler’s Nose” from R. Rosenbaum, Explaining Hitler, pp. 155-167.
• “The Months of Opportunity,” from Alan Bullock, Hitler: A Study in Tyranny, pp. 210-250.
Sources (cont’d)
• The fictional Ernst Janning in Judgement at Nuremburg, http://safeshare.tv/w/RmGVzEHSyK