Main threats to the Weimar Republic

Main threats to the Weimar Republic

• Spartacist revolution (left wing)
• Unstable government structure
• The results of the Versailles treaty
• Public outrage
• The Kapp Putsch (right wing)
• The National Association
• General Ludendorff
• Wolfgang Kapp
• Aim was to overthrow the Weimar Republic and reinstall a monarchy
• Gathered 5000 troops in the streets
• Response: Trade Unions called for a general strike
• Significance: worsened division between right wing and the republic
• Continued political violence
• The murder of Walther Rathenau
• By right wing extremist
• Passed the law for protection of the Republic
• Did not help due to judges (they were conservatives)
• Economic crisis and instability of the German currency
• Reparations made matters worse
• Germany ask for a suspension / moratorium (postponement)
• France declines
• Ruhr Crisis
• Passive resistance
• Government print more money in order to support the workers
• Hyperinflation
• Affects the middle class