Weimar Germany The Story So Far ' ' '

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Weimar Germany The Story So Far . . .
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Problems 1918-23

• Kaiser flees 1918.
• Widespread violence across Germany 1919.
• Spartacists 1919 Kapp 1920 Rathenau 1922.
• Constitution PR gt No majority gt Coalitions gt
  Unstable government.
• Extremist parties protected.
• Treaty of Versailles hated by German people.

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And then it gets worse!
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Whats going on in this picture?
How old is she?
Why is she playing with money?
What is she doing?
What does this tell you about the value of the
money?
What is she playing with?
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Whats going on in this picture?
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In 1918 a loaf of break cost 0.63 Reichmarks.
In January 1923 a loaf of bread cost 250
Reichmarks.
In November 1923 a loaf of bread cost
201,000,000,000 Reichmarks (201 billion).
What does this tell you about the value of money
in Germany between 1918 and 1923?
We call massive price rises like this Hyper
Inflation. Today we are going to find out why
this happened in Germany in 1923.
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Task

• Read section The growth of Inflation on pages
  11-12.
• Write down what caused the Hyper-Inflation of
  1923 (at least 5 bullet points!).
• Clues
• Reparations.
• French Invasion of the Ruhr.
• Governments Response.

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What happened next?

• Hitler and the Nazi Party attempted the Munich
  Putsch in November 1923.
• This failed as they did not have support.
• Gustav Stresemann became Chancellor.
• He ordered the striking Ruhr back to work and
  introduced a new currency, the Rentenmark.

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Why didnt Weimar Germany collapse in 1923?

• People were still willing to give democracy a
  chance.
• The extremists had failed to seize power through
  violent means.
• People wanted peace and order.
• Stresemann resolved the immediate problems of
  1923.