All over Germany, there is a feeling that the Weimar Republic is near its end.
Although since mid-1918 the only ones supporting the war were the ultra-conservatives and the hardcore pro-monarchists, the national shame felt throughout Germany because of the humiliating terms of the Treaty of Versailles brings the rise of extreme nationalist movements in the country.
The Weimar Republic had all the guarantees to fail. War reparations were a bleeding wound so there were no margins for serious economic reforms. While from 1920 until 1923, clashes between nationalist and leftist forces continued from 1924 to 1929 the country started stabilizing and the Weimar Republic is living its golden age while science and the arts were flourishing. But prosperity, freedoms and financial stability would soon end as they were all based on huge debts.
The "National Socialist Party of German Workers" (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP) in addition to nationalist rhetoric for the reunification of Germany and the abolition of the Treaty of Versailles promised to minimize unemployment, to restore order and to improve the economy. In 1932 elections, NSDAP is the winning party and in January 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg.
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Series: World War II
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