HIST 3121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Kurt Eisner, Long Knives, Dawes Plan
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Jewish german soldiers died just like everyone else: the weimar republic (cid:862)ca(cid:374)(cid:374)ot i(cid:373)pose de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)y at gu(cid:374)poi(cid:374)t(cid:863)- ger(cid:373)a(cid:374) people did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t. Treaty: war loans, reparations, pensions and social welfare. Political instability: 20 diff. cabinets in 14 years. A(cid:374)ger to(cid:449)ards (cid:862)west,(cid:863) wei(cid:373)ar go(cid:448). , (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ists, (cid:449)orkers, (cid:271)ig business, jews. Gov. does not represent the german people. The variety and number of parties made it difficult to create coalitions: weimar radicalism. Already have a running civil war in 1919. Natio(cid:374)al o(cid:272)ialist ger(cid:373)a(cid:374) worker"s party (cid:894)nazis(cid:895) for(cid:373)ed i(cid:374) (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1005) 25 point plan: never put into effect- shows idealism of nazis when they are first formed. German military told they must disband and disarm kap used as figurehead. Citizens strike and shut down city forces military to disband. 1921: hitler becomes as nazi chairman- not in charge of he nazis. Night of long knives- all of his competitors executed. Did(cid:374)"t pay reperatio(cid:374)s french occupy the ruhr valley.
