Weimar Republic politics

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Weimar Republic politics refers to the turbulent and fragmented political life of Germany between 1918 and 1933, marked by fragile coalitions, economic crises, and the rise of extremist movements that ultimately undermined the democratic system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period in German politics ⓘ
political history ⓘ
capital Berlin ⓘ
characterizedBy attempted coups ⓘ
frequent coalition governments ⓘ
multi‑party system ⓘ
paramilitary organizations ⓘ
polarization between left and right ⓘ
political fragmentation ⓘ
rise of extremist parties ⓘ
street violence ⓘ
use of emergency decrees ⓘ
weak support for liberal democracy ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Weimar Constitution ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
endedBy Nazi seizure of power ⓘ
endTime 1933 ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Reichskanzler ⓘ
linked to: Reich Chancellor
headOfStateTitle Reichspräsident ⓘ
influencedBy German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
Great Depression ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
defeat in World War I ⓘ
hyperinflation crisis of 1923 ⓘ
legacy of the German Empire ⓘ
occupation of the Ruhr ⓘ
regional particularism ⓘ
war reparations ⓘ
legacy example of democratic breakdown ⓘ
reference point for studies of extremism and coalition politics ⓘ
legislativeBody Reichstag ⓘ
mainIdeologicalCurrents Catholic political thought ⓘ
communism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ
völkisch nationalism ⓘ
majorParty Centre Party ⓘ
Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
German Democratic Party ⓘ
German National People’s Party ⓘ
German People’s Party ⓘ
National Socialist German Workers’ Party ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Party

Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
notableChancellor Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Franz von Papen ⓘ
Gustav Stresemann ⓘ
Heinrich Brüning ⓘ
Kurt von Schleicher ⓘ
Philipp Scheidemann ⓘ
notableEvent Beer Hall Putsch ⓘ
Kapp Putsch ⓘ
Reichsexekution against Saxony and Thuringia ⓘ
Reichstag Fire ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag fire

Spartacist uprising ⓘ
notableHeadOfState Friedrich Ebert ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
period Stresemann stabilization period ⓘ
Weimar Coalition era ⓘ
linked to: Weimar coalition

presidential cabinets era ⓘ
resultedIn collapse of parliamentary democracy in Germany ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
upperHouse Reichsrat ⓘ
votingRight universal suffrage including women ⓘ

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Andreas Hermes → participatedIn → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Ernst Thälmann → participantIn → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Heinrich Brüning → movement → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Generalstaatskommissar in Bavaria → partOf → Weimar Republic political system ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Republic politics
DNVP → opposed → Weimar democracy ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Republic politics
Die Rote Fahne → mainSubject → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Friedrich Naumann → areaOfActivity → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Otto Gessler → participantIn → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Karl Jarres → participatedIn → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Paul Hirsch → partOf → Weimar Republic political history ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Republic politics
Adam Stegerwald → participantIn → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Heinrich Hirtsiefer → participatedIn → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
subject linked to: Heinrich Hirtsiefer (acting)
Julius Curtius → participatedIn → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Hermann Müller → partOf → Weimar Republic political system ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Republic politics
Erich Koch-Weser → partOf → Weimar Republic political system ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Republic politics
Arthur Crispien → partOf → Weimar Republic political system ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Republic politics
Theodor Liebknecht → participatedIn → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
Willy Leow → participatedIn → Weimar Republic politics ⓘ