HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Kapp Putsch, Paul Von Hindenburg, Walther Rathenau
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Why such a shaky start: fear of communism, economic ruin, social instability, lack of jobs, rage over the versailles treaty, reparations. A french soldier guards a freight yard in the ruhr: how to address the financial crunch, raise taxes quickly & aggressively, declare national bankruptcy, borrow to meet needs. In extreme times, extreme parties find wedge issues to build support . : birth of the national socialist german workers party: 1920. Ernst r hm: beer hall putsch, 1923, hitler leaving prison in 1924, but the nazis are a marginal movement until the late 1920s, a modest economic recovery begins by 1924: Reichstag and president: between 1925 and 1930, no government had to invoke article 48 signs of stability returning, ddp (german democratic party) Regional parties: bavarian people"s party, guelphs, polish party. Source: holger herwig, hammer or anvil: the president (until his death in 1934): Paul von hindenburg: gustav stresemann, 1878-1929, lynchpin of weimar stability.
