Weimar Republic 1918-1928
Unemployment decreased Value of goods rose by 25%
from 2 million in 1926 to 1.3 between 1925 - 1928
million in 1928
Society Average working week
War veterans received help decreased from 50 hours in
under the 1920 Reich Pension 1925 to 46 hours in 1927
Law – 75000 benefitted
Gustav Stresemann introduced the
Rentonmark in 1923 due to hyper inflation
9th January 1923, the French
invaded the Ruhr to gather In November 1918, a loaf of
resources and factories in bread cost 1 mark however by
response to Germany’s failure November 1923 it now cost 200
to make reparation payments trillion marks
Difficulties The Mark because useless so
Kapp Putsch – Freikorps
many German’s lost savings
(group of WW1 veterans) tried
and pensions due to
to overthrow the government
hyperinflation
and reverse the effects of the
TOV – March 1920
Dysfunctional government due
to proportional representation
Article 48 allowed the
and coalision governments,
president to rule in an
meaning they struggled to make
emergency without Government decisions and pass laws
Reichstag interference
The public blamed the government for
Frederick Ebert was the first
the Treaty of Versailles
president of the Weimar Republic
Dawes Plan – US businesses gave 800 million rentonmarks in loans and reparation
payments were dramatically reduced
Young Plan – reduced reparation payments to £2 billion and given 59 extra years to pay
Blame – article 231 was the war guilt clause
Treaty of Vers
Land – lost 13% of its land 1919
Armed forces – limited to 100,000 men, no air force, only 6 naval ships
Money – reparations cost of £6.6 billion
Empire – all colonies taken away to be run by other countries
Disputes – excluded from the League of Nations
Unemployment decreased Value of goods rose by 25%
from 2 million in 1926 to 1.3 between 1925 - 1928
million in 1928
Society Average working week
War veterans received help decreased from 50 hours in
under the 1920 Reich Pension 1925 to 46 hours in 1927
Law – 75000 benefitted
Gustav Stresemann introduced the
Rentonmark in 1923 due to hyper inflation
9th January 1923, the French
invaded the Ruhr to gather In November 1918, a loaf of
resources and factories in bread cost 1 mark however by
response to Germany’s failure November 1923 it now cost 200
to make reparation payments trillion marks
Difficulties The Mark because useless so
Kapp Putsch – Freikorps
many German’s lost savings
(group of WW1 veterans) tried
and pensions due to
to overthrow the government
hyperinflation
and reverse the effects of the
TOV – March 1920
Dysfunctional government due
to proportional representation
Article 48 allowed the
and coalision governments,
president to rule in an
meaning they struggled to make
emergency without Government decisions and pass laws
Reichstag interference
The public blamed the government for
Frederick Ebert was the first
the Treaty of Versailles
president of the Weimar Republic
Dawes Plan – US businesses gave 800 million rentonmarks in loans and reparation
payments were dramatically reduced
Young Plan – reduced reparation payments to £2 billion and given 59 extra years to pay
Blame – article 231 was the war guilt clause
Treaty of Vers
Land – lost 13% of its land 1919
Armed forces – limited to 100,000 men, no air force, only 6 naval ships
Money – reparations cost of £6.6 billion
Empire – all colonies taken away to be run by other countries
Disputes – excluded from the League of Nations
