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1 day ago · The Weimar Constitution created a parliamentary republic with the Reichstag elected by proportional representation. During the debates in Weimar, fighting continued sporadically across Germany. On 7 April 1919 the Bavarian Soviet Republic was declared in Munich but quickly put down by Freikorps and remnants of the regular army.
- Hyperinflation in The Weimar Republic
Background Inflation during the First World War. To pay for...
- Weimar Culture
Bauhaus Dessau, built from 1925 to 1926 to a design by...
- Timeline of The Weimar Republic
29 October: In the "German October", the Berlin government...
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859...
- Constitutional
A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica ('public...
- Matthias Erzberger
Matthias Erzberger (20 September 1875 – 26 August 1921) was...
- Hyperinflation in The Weimar Republic
16 hours ago · Nazi Germany, [h] officially known as the German Reich [i] and later the Greater German Reich, [j] is a term used to describe the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, [k] meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire ...
May 20, 2024 · Reichstag fire, burning of the Reichstag (parliament) building in Berlin on the night of February 27, 1933, a key event in the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship and widely believed to have been contrived by the newly formed Nazi government to turn public opinion against its opponents and to assume new powers.
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May 10, 2024 · The 1932 general election catapulted the Nazis into power in the Reichstag. With 37.27% of the vote, they became the biggest party in the Reichstag. Despite this, they lacked a clear majority, and the situation would evolve into one that was difficult to navigate for everybody involved.
2 days ago · Paul Joseph Goebbels ( German: [ˈpaʊ̯l ˈjoːzɛf ˈɡœbl̩s] ⓘ; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler 's closest and most ...
1 day ago · However, by 1930 the republic seemed more divided than ever and as the Reichstag seemed to exemplify this Hindenburg decided to try a more authoritarian approach in which ‘the corrupting influence of the parties would be minimised’ and the political powers of the presidency increased (pp. 40–1).
6 days ago · The Weimar Constitution outlined a government led by two parliamentary houses, the Reichstag and the Reichsrat. Members of both of these houses served four-year terms. Leading the Reichstag was the Chancellor, who was appointed by the President, the nominal head of government.
