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Germany- Essay Help Needed (1 Viewer)
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Jennibeans
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the collapse of Weimar is a huge component of the syllabus. Yea Hindenburg contributed to its collapse but there was so mucn more to it. For example,
- failure to remove pro-1914 elites from positions of power
- Remember that as soon as they knew they were screwed Hindenburg n Ludendorff handed control to the gov't, therefore when Germany lost the people blamed Weimar
- hyper inflation - caused extreme hardship which was blamed on Weimar
- proportional represenation - there were 2 many small parties in the gov't to allow a majority vote to be decisive
- DEPRESSION - yes Weimar was blamed for this too & yes Hitler used that to his advantage.
HISTORIAN AJP TAYLOR: "the depression put the wind in Hitler's sails"
There's more stuff I could add to this but essentially what you need to say is ok Hindenburg contributed but he was not the only factor that led to the collapse
- failure to remove pro-1914 elites from positions of power
- Remember that as soon as they knew they were screwed Hindenburg n Ludendorff handed control to the gov't, therefore when Germany lost the people blamed Weimar
- hyper inflation - caused extreme hardship which was blamed on Weimar
- proportional represenation - there were 2 many small parties in the gov't to allow a majority vote to be decisive
- DEPRESSION - yes Weimar was blamed for this too & yes Hitler used that to his advantage.
HISTORIAN AJP TAYLOR: "the depression put the wind in Hitler's sails"
There's more stuff I could add to this but essentially what you need to say is ok Hindenburg contributed but he was not the only factor that led to the collapse