Weimar Republic
The "birth"
Allies won the war
Allies offered peace
Conditions
Germany should be more democratic
Kaiser refused
Kiel (town) was cooked over
Repercutions
The kaiser abdicated
9 november 1928
frederich Ebert
new leader
gave
freedom of
speech
workship
better working conditions
Germany in chaos
organization
people in Germany
reichtag
president
armed forces
chancellor
goverment ministers
courts
17 local goverments
limited power
Stressmann
negotiated to recibe American loans
the money was poured into the German industry
renegotiated the reparations payments
he got longer periods to pay
at that time
culture
Berlin become famous
clubs
night life
a lot of Bauhaus style of architecture was developed (new buildings)
cinema
golden age
people form the countryside thought
this kind of things represented moral decline
politics
he almost has any opposition
overseas
young plan
Belgium, Freanch and British troops
should be removed from the Rhineland
Locarno treaties
to no try to change
borders with France and Belgium
opposition from communists
problems
Treaty of Versailles
german people
angry with Ebert
Lived in poor conditions
Germany had to pay a lot of money
economic problems
Germany didn't pay the money the owed
(on the 2nd year)
troops
Belgian and French
Entered to the Rhur
and took goods and raw materials
german people
resisted
soldiers killed workers
they started producing again
goverment
started to print too much money
this caused
Hyperinflation
opposition
right wing
left wing
spartasis
they wanted Germany to be ruled by
workers
councils
soviets
freikorps stopped them
freikorps
ex soldiers
made an agreement with Ebert
so they got approval form many germans