I want notes on nazizm and the rise of Hitler
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Explanation:After imperial Germany's defeat at the end of the First World War, King Kaiser William II escaped to Holland to save his life. The Parliamentary parties seeing this as anopportunity, met at Weimer and on November 1918 established a Republic popularly known as 'Weimer Republic'. This Republic was not received well by the Germans. It was mainly because of the terms which the Republic was forced to accept by the Allied Forces after the German defeat in the First World War. The Republic had to face many problems some of which are listed below:
The Republic was forced to sign a peace treaty at Versailles in June 1919, which was too harsh and humiliating. As per the treaty, Germany lost its overseas colonies, 13% of its territories, 75% of its iron and 26% of its coal reserves to France, Poland, Denmark and Lithuania. Also, the Allied Powers demilitarized Germany to weaken its powers. So, from the very start, this Republic was defamed and had become unpopular among its own people.
Germany had largely fought war on loans. They had to pay huge war compensation of 6 billion pounds in gold to the Allied Countries. With all its resources depleted, the Republic was not able to repay such a huge amount. Thus, many Germans held the new Weimer Republic responsible for agreeing to these conditions. Also, the new Republic had to face a tough opposition from the neighbouring countries as they occupied its leading industrial area, Ruhr to claim the coal reserves.
Because of its weak position, those who supported the republic such as Socialists, Catholics and Democrats became easy targets of attack in the Conservative Nationalist Circles. They were mockingly known as the 'November criminals'.
Because of the resistance of the Allied Powers, Germans could not become a member of the League of Nations till 1925. This resulted in more bitterness in Germany, and particularly, for the Weimer Republic.
The economic recession of Germany was beingretrieved with the aid of the US. However, it withdrew its support after the Great Depression. The situation worsened in Germany. Everywhere there was devastation, starvation, unemployment, total despair among the youth and humiliation everywhere. By 1932, industrial production was scaled down to 40%, over 6 million people lost their jobs and inflation rate was high. Thus, political radicalisation was only heightened by the economic crisis.
The birth of the Weimar Republic coincided with the Russian Revolution. Soviets of workers and sailors were established. Many people demanded soviet style of governance.
Thus, the Weimer Republic had to face too many difficulties since its inception