The End Of The Weimar Republic 1929

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Term Paper Title	The End Of The Weimar Republic 1929
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The end of the Weimar Republic 1929

[Category]:

History

[Paper Title]:

The end of the Weimar Republic 1929-33

[Text]:

The end of the Republic 1929-33

Perhaps the greatest catalyst for the collapse of the Republic lies in the
Wall Street Crash, or more correctly its aftermath.

The grounds of the German recovery were overly dependent on loans from
America under the Dawes and then Young plans. However, with the Wall Street
Crash of 1929 America was forced to recall her debts, this directly led to the
deterioration of Germany’s economy and in turn party relations in the
Riechstag, this is a catastrophic event when a country is ruled by coalitions.

Following this Heinrich Bruning was appointed as Chancellor in March 1930, it
was the deterioration of the coalition system that led to Hindenburg allowing
Bruning to rule by presidential decree should he require it, this was known as
Article 48. This meant that the Riechstag had to merely tolerate his decrees and
not support them. Yet in 1930, after the Riechstag refused Bruning’s emergency
measures to compensate for the failing economy, which included cutting
government spending, on things such as wages and welfare payments. This led to
an increase on imported goods especially food to help German farmers and the
buying up of company shares by the government to support deflation. Bruning,
returned the measures under Article 48 and dissolved the Riechstag and called an
election, as he believed that it would return a majority for him.

This was his first mistake, as it resulted in the Nazi party becoming the
second largest party in the Riechstag. Meaning that Bruning could now only rule
by decree, providing that the Social Democrats did not move against him. And
Bruning knew that they would not as they were fearful of a Nazi take-over.
Bruning remained in power until 1932 and by 1933 Hitler was Chancellor, yet in
the 8 months between their reigns there was still to be 2 other Chancellors, von
Papen and Schleicher. The extraordinary thing is, is that both supported Hitler’s
appointment and pushed Hindenburg into it, against his better judgement. It was
von Papen’s belief that he could control Hitler like a puppet. This is an
ideal political position, as the idea is that you retain power and use somebody
else as your public face, so if things go badly your own career and reputation
remain intact.

This Puppet scenario seamed to be working when Hitler named his cabinet in
1933, as there were only 2 other Nazi’...

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