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How far is it true to say that the Weimar Republic was doomed from its foundation?
Title: How far is it true to say that the Weimar Republic was doomed from its foundation?
Category: History / European History
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How far is it true to say that the Weimar Republic was doomed from its foundation?
How far is it true to say that the Weimar Republic was doomed from its foundation ? In November 1918, the first republic is declared in Germany. It is however unable to survive, and only 25 years later replaced by the dictatorship of Hitler. Indeed, the democrats lacked legitimacy right from the start. Directly after the war, army generals blamed the SPD as "November Criminals", accusing them of having betrayed the German people by signing the humilating peace …showed first 75 words of 1383 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1383 total…like in 1930, when Müller's coalition broke away, the constition proved to be the most crippling weakness. Therefore I agree with Peukert, who said that "the Republic had already been heading towards the crossroads before the immediate crisis of 1929-30 occured. Everything had been pointing towards a possible crash". Instead of asking whether the Weimar Republic was doomed to fail, we should investigate how the Republic was able to survive at all, considering its fundamental weaknesses.
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