Eyeing the Catholic Centre Party's 70 (plus 20 BVP) seats, Hitler refused their leader's demands for constitutional "concessions" (amounting to protection) and planned for dissolution of the Reichstag. This period ended with Adolf Hitler's appointment as chancellor on 30 January 1933. The German railways, the National Bank and many industries were therefore mortgaged as securities for the stable currency and the loans.[35]. [18], A number of other reforms were carried out in Germany during the revolutionary period. The rebels were campaigning for an extension of the plans to nationalise major industries and supported the national government, but the SPD leaders did not want to lend support to the growing USPD, who favoured the establishment of a socialist regime. Conservatives and reactionaries feared that Germany was betraying its traditional values by adopting popular styles from abroad, particularly those Hollywood was popularising in American films, while New York became the global capital of fashion. [11] By the mid-1920s, Deutsche Republik was used by most Germans, but for the anti-democratic right the word Republik was a painful reminder of a government structure that had been imposed by foreign statesmen, along with the relocation of the seat of power to Weimar and the expulsion of Kaiser Wilhelm in the wake of massive national humiliation.[11]. German citizens felt the food shortages even deeper than during the war, because the reality of the nation contrasted so starkly with their expectations. This encouraged an escalation in the number of public demonstrations and instances of paramilitary violence organised by the NSDAP. The rationale behind exterminating the population of swine was to decrease the use of potatoes and turnips for animal consumption, transitioning all foods toward human consumption. Hitler's successful plan was to induce what remained of the now Communist-depleted Reichstag to grant him, and the Government, the authority to issue decrees with the force of law. The consequent general election on 14 September resulted in an enormous political shift within the Reichstag: 18.3% of the vote went to the NSDAP, five times the percentage won in 1928. While the official reparations were considerable, Germany ended up paying only a fraction of them. Ils apprennent à vivre avec elle mais n’y adhèrent pas. Measures with an appearance of legality suppressed the Communist Party in mid-February and included the plainly illegal arrests of Reichstag deputies. Hitler's seizure of power (Machtergreifung) brought the republic to an end. Le premier président de la République est Friedrich Ebert. The fall of the Munich Soviet Republic to these units, many of which were situated on the extreme right, resulted in the growth of far-right movements and organisations in Bavaria, including Organisation Consul, the Nazi Party, and societies of exiled Russian Monarchists. Because the production costs in Germany were falling almost hourly, the prices for German products were unbeatable. Cf. Dada dans la République de Weimar. Despite the change in the form of government, the official name of the state remained the same as it had been during the German Empire. André Larané a fondé Herodote.net en 2004 après une première carrière dans le journalisme scientifique. Further pressure from the political right came in 1923 with the Beer Hall Putsch, also called the Munich Putsch, staged by the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler in Munich. Découvrez toutes nos lettres déjà parues. Four Chancellors Brüning, Papen, Schleicher and, from 30 January to 23 March 1933, Hitler governed through presidential decree rather than through parliamentary consultation. Ludendorff and Hitler declared that the Weimar government was deposed and that they were planning to take control of Munich the following day. As the Weimar Republic was very fragile in all its existence, the depression was devastating, and played a major role in the Nazi takeover. No aircraft of any kind was allowed. Hindenburg, despite his misgivings about the Nazis' goals and about Hitler as a personality, reluctantly agreed to Papen's theory that, with Nazi popular support on the wane, Hitler could now be controlled as Chancellor. Weimar wanted to express its origins in that political movement between 1849 and 1858; while anti-republicans opposed this flag. On 11 November 1918, an armistice was signed at Compiègne by German representatives. Millions were disenchanted with what they considered capitalism and hoping for a new era. The patterns kept by the Federal Ministry of the Interior are decisive for the heraldic design. Le 16 mai 1703, le tsar Pierre 1er le Grand fonde une nouvelle capitale sous le nom de Sankt-Petersburg (en allemand, la « ville de Saint-Pierre »). A wide range of progressive social reforms were carried out during and after the revolutionary period. Allemagne -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1918-1933. [20], With the Verordnung of 3 February 1919, the Ebert government reintroduced the original structure of the health insurance boards according to an 1883 law, with one-third employers and two-thirds members (i.e. During the worst phase of hyperinflation in 1923, the clubs and bars were full of speculators who spent their daily profits so they would not lose the value the following day. Schleicher planned for a sort of labour government under his Generalship. [42] Under a governmental decree of 3 February 1919, the German government met the demand of the veterans' associations that all aid for the disabled and their dependents be taken over by the central government[43] (thus assuming responsibility for this assistance) and extended into peacetime the nationwide network of state and district welfare bureaus that had been set up during the war to coordinate social services for war widows and orphans. Inter, (134), 46–53. The government was expected to assure itself of the co-operation of Hitler. On 18 July, as a result of opposition from the SPD, KPD, DNVP and the small contingent of NSDAP members, the Reichstag again rejected the bill by a slim margin. As a result, it was no longer possible to form a pro-republican majority, not even with a grand coalition that excluded the KPD, DNVP and NSDAP. In 1929, three years after receiving the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize, Stresemann died of a heart attack at age 51. As he was an old style monarchist conservative, he had little love lost for the Republic,[citation needed] but for the most part, he formally acted within the bounds of the constitution;[citation needed] however, he ultimately—on the advice of his son and others close to him—appointed Hitler chancellor, thereby effectively ending the Republic. A l'époque de la République de Weimar, le cinéma allemand était mondialement renommé. The cabinet (under a previous interpretation of Article 48) ruled without a sitting Reichstag, which could vote only for its own dissolution. Reichswappen as depicted in the table: "Deutsches Reich: Wappen I" in: Farm labour in Germany, 1810–1945; its historical development within the framework of agricultural and social policy by Frieda Wunderlich, Industrial and Labour Information, Volume 20, International Labour Office, 1926, Modern Germany: society, economy and politics in the twentieth century by Volker R. Berghahn. Most of the remaining states were formally dissolved by the Allies at the end of the Second World War and ultimately reorganised into the modern states of Germany. The Nazis in power brought almost all major organisations into line under Nazi control or direction, which was termed Gleichschaltung. Germany lost the war because the country ran out of allies and its economic resources were running out; support among the population began to crumble in 1916 and by mid-1918 there was support for the war only among the die-hard monarchists and conservatives. The sailors and soldiers, inexperienced in matters of revolutionary combat, welcomed him as an experienced politician and allowed him to negotiate a settlement, thus defusing the initial anger of the revolutionaries in uniform. For the German city, see, States of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s (with, The official coat of arms of Germany from 1928 to 1933, designed by Tobias Schwab, Brüning's policy of deflation (1930–1932). To further undermine the Republic's credibility, some right-wingers (especially certain members of the former officer corps) also blamed an alleged conspiracy of Socialists and Jews for Germany's defeat in the First World War. Throughout the war German officials made rash decisions to combat the growing hunger of the nation, most of which were highly unsuccessful. The Republic was soon under attack from both left- and right-wing sources. Those attempts were put down by paramilitary Freikorps units consisting of volunteer soldiers. The actual amount of reparations that Germany was obliged to pay out was not the 132 billion marks decided in the London Schedule of 1921 but rather the 50 billion marks stipulated in the A and B Bonds. By the end of March, the Reichstag Fire Decree and the Enabling Act of 1933 had used the perceived state of emergency to grant Hitler as Chancellor broad power to act outside parliamentary control, which he used to thwart constitutional governance and civil liberties. Brüning expected that the policy of deflation would temporarily worsen the economic situation before it began to improve, quickly increasing the German economy's competitiveness and then restoring its creditworthiness. Date of birth/death: ... le chancelier du Reich Constantin Fehrenbach et les membres de gouvernement sont en train de faire acclamer la république. [38], Not everyone, however, was happy with the changes taking place in Weimar culture. In the next five years, the central government, assured of the support of the Reichswehr, dealt severely with the occasional outbreaks of violence in Germany's large cities. From November 1918 to January 1919, Germany was governed by the "Council of the People's Deputies", under the leadership of Ebert and Haase. La République de Weimar (1918 – 1933) Weimar est inséparable de ce qui lui donne naissance et de ce qui lui succédera. Entités précédentes : * Empire allemand Entités suivantes : * Deuxième République de Pologne (1919) * Drapeau du Danemark Danemark (Jutland-du-Sud) (1920) * Drapeau de l'Allemagne nazie Reich allemand La république de Weimar (en allemand : Weimarer Republik [ˈvaɪ.ma.ʁɐ ʁe.pu.ˈbliːk] ) est le nom donné par les historiens au régime politique en place en Allemagne de 1918 à 1933. The achievements and signs of this movement were mostly done away with after its downfall and the political reaction. On 13 March 1920 during the Kapp Putsch, 12,000 Freikorps soldiers occupied Berlin and installed Wolfgang Kapp, a right-wing journalist, as chancellor. It caused many Germans to identify the Republic with cuts in social spending and extremely liberal economics. Therefore, Hitler refused ministry under Papen, and demanded the chancellorship for himself, but was rejected by Hindenburg on 13 August 1932. The highly publicised rhetoric of 1919 about paying for all the damages and all the veterans' benefits was irrelevant for the total, but it did determine how the recipients spent their share. In 1935, two years after Hitler came to power, the Reichswehr was renamed the Wehrmacht. La République de Weimar, proclamée novembre 9, 1918, était défaite et révolution sociale au beau milieu de militaires soutenues. In view of the mass support for more radical reforms among the workers' councils, a coalition government called "Council of the People's Deputies" (Rat der Volksbeauftragten) was established, consisting of three MSPD and three USPD members. Ce mode de scrutin va se révéler une source de faiblesse pour le nouveau régime car il favorise l'éclatement des partis et les gouvernements de coalition au détriment de l'efficacité. La République de l'entre-deux-guerres, victorieuse et fragilisée (1919-1934) - Duration: 6:10. This made him dependent on the Reichspräsident, Hindenburg. The Weimar Republic , is an historical designation for the German federal state that existed from 1918 to 1933. A few weeks later, the term Weimarer Republik was first used again by Hitler in a newspaper article. In 1919, legislation provided for a maximum working 48-hour workweek, restrictions on night work, a half-holiday on Saturday, and a break of thirty-six hours of continuous rest during the week. The ensuing street fighting left several dead and injured on both sides. In 1924, a modern public assistance programme was introduced, and in 1925 the accident insurance programme was reformed, allowing diseases that were linked to certain kinds of work to become insurable risks. Other rebellions were put down in March 1921 in Saxony and Hamburg. Ils installent à la tête du pays un président de la République  élu pour sept ans, avec de larges pouvoirs dont celui de suspendre les droits fondamentaux des citoyens et d'autoriser le chancelier (autrement dit son Premier ministre) à gouverner par décrets-lois, sans passer par un vote du Parlement ou Reichstag. After meeting with Centre leader Monsignor Ludwig Kaas and other Centre Trade Union leaders daily and denying them a substantial participation in the government, negotiation succeeded in respect of guarantees towards Catholic civil-servants and education issues. On 9 November 1918, the "German Republic" was proclaimed by MSPD member Philipp Scheidemann at the Reichstag building in Berlin, to the fury of Friedrich Ebert, the leader of the MSPD, who thought that the question of monarchy or republic should be answered by a national assembly. The new post-World War Germany, stripped of all colonies, became 13% smaller in its European territory than its imperial predecessor. The rebellion caused great fear in the establishment and in the middle classes because of the Soviet-style aspirations of the councils. Explaining the rise of extreme nationalist movements in Germany shortly after the war, British historian Ian Kershaw points to the "national disgrace" that was "felt throughout Germany at the humiliating terms imposed by the victorious Allies and reflected in the Versailles Treaty...with its confiscation of territory on the eastern border and even more so its 'guilt clause'. Schleicher's bold and unsuccessful plan was to build a majority in the Reichstag by uniting the trade unionist left wings of the various parties, including that of the Nazis led by Gregor Strasser. English: After the swearing-in of the first president of Reich in Weimar: ... Weimar: Date: 21 August 1919 The right to bargain collectively was also established, while it was made obligatory "to elect workers’ committees on estates and establish conciliation committees". The government printed money to deal with the crisis; this meant payments within Germany were made with worthless paper money, and helped formerly great industrialists to pay back their own loans. [16][17][14] The Reichswehr adopted the new Reichswappen in 1927. La fin de la République de Weimar. A rift developed between the MSPD and USPD after Ebert called upon the OHL (Supreme Army Command) for troops to put down a mutiny by a leftist military unit on 23/24 December 1918, in which members of the Volksmarinedivision (People's Army Division) had captured the city's garrison commander Otto Wels and occupied the Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery) where the "Council of the People's Deputies" was situated. No single reason can explain the failure of the Weimar Republic. En janvier 1919, une Assemblée nationale a été choisie pour rédiger une constitution. At this, Hitler could no longer restrain his wrath.[65]. Under the Locarno Treaties, signed in 1925, Germany moved toward normalizing relations with its neighbors. At the end of 1933, Mecklenburg-Strelitz was merged with Mecklenburg-Schwerin to form a united Mecklenburg. Ludwig Kaas is considered along with Papen as being one of the two most important political figures in the creation of the Nazi regime.[62]. December 2008; Geographie et Cultures; DOI: 10.4000/gc.1614. [47], In 1923, unemployment relief was consolidated into a regular programme of assistance following economic problems that year. Led by Ebert for the MSPD and Hugo Haase for the USPD it sought to act as a provisional cabinet of ministers. [52] Additional difficulties were caused by the different deflationary policies pursued by Brüning and the Reichsbank, Germany's central bank. [40] A series of progressive tax reforms were introduced under the auspices of Matthias Erzberger, including increases in taxes on capital[41] and an increase in the highest income tax rate from 4% to 60%. Schleicher, a retired army officer, had developed in an atmosphere of semi-obscurity and intrigue that encompassed the Republican military policy. Various right-wing sources opposed any democratic system, preferring an authoritarian, autocratic state like the 1871 Empire. R/ Une gerbe accostée de la (date) ; au-dessous 22 kg per person per year was still less than half of the 52 kg statistic in 1913, before the onset of the war. The deflation policy causes much more damage than the reparation payments of 20 years ... Fighting against Hitler is fighting against deflation, the enormous destruction of production factors. La république de Weimar center left no-repeat;padding-left:15px;font-size:smaller}Écouter) est le nom donné par les historiens au régime politique en place en Allemagne de 1918 à 1933. 12.5 billion was cash that came mostly from loans from New York bankers. The burdens of the First World War lightened little in the immediate years following, and with the onset of the Treaty of Versailles, coupled by mass inflation, Germany still remained in a crisis. These intentions badly underestimated Hitler's political abilities. Hitler was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for high treason, a minimum sentence for the charge. Strikes were called, and passive resistance was encouraged. The Executive Council of the Workers’ and Soldiers’ Councils, a coalition that included Majority Socialists, Independent Socialists, workers, and soldiers, implemented a programme of progressive social change, introducing reforms such as the eight-hour workday, the releasing of political prisoners, the abolition of press censorship, increases in workers’ old-age, sick and unemployment benefits, and the bestowing upon labour the unrestricted right to organise into unions. Moreover, Britain, Italy and Belgium undertook to assist France in the case that German troops marched into the demilitarised Rhineland. Later that day, the first cabinet meeting was attended by only two political parties, representing a minority in the Reichstag: The Nazis and the German National People's Party (DNVP), led by Alfred Hugenberg, with 196 and 52 seats respectively. Since Weimar politicians had been blamed for the Dolchstoß ("stab-in-the-back"), a widely believed theory that Germany's surrender in the First World War had been the unnecessary act of traitors, the popular legitimacy of the government was on shaky ground. On 29 March 1930, after months of lobbying by General Kurt von Schleicher on behalf of the military, the finance expert Heinrich Brüning was appointed as Müller's successor by Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg. From 1923 to 1929, there was a short period of economic recovery, but the Great Depression of the 1930s led to a worldwide recession. 134 (2020) : 46–53. Examples include the nationwide pig slaughter, Schweinemord, in 1915. Rampant hyperinflation, massive unemployment, and a large drop in living standards were primary factors. But the power question was unanswered. Turabian (6th ed.) [34], Since striking workers were paid benefits by the state, much additional currency was printed, fuelling a period of hyperinflation. Title: Une démocratie fragile : La République de Weimar Author: Facing History and Ourselves Created Date: 4/2/2020 4:21:32 PM Germany owed reparations chiefly to France, Britain, Italy and Belgium; the US Treasury received $100 million. Bloody street fights culminated in the beating and shooting deaths of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht after their arrests on 15 January. The most commonly asserted causes can be grouped into three categories: economic problems, institutional problems, and the roles of specific individuals. Inter no. The major weakness in constitutional terms was the inherent instability of the coalitions, which often fell prior to elections. The Great Depression, exacerbated by Brüning's policy of deflation, led to a surge in unemployment. The German peace delegation in France signed the Treaty of Versailles, accepting mass reductions of the German military, the prospect of substantial war reparations payments to the victorious allies, and the controversial "War Guilt Clause". Article 231 placed Germany and her allies with responsibility for causing all the loss and damage suffered by the Allies. Meetings of the left-wing parties were banned and even some of the moderate parties found their members threatened and assaulted. Likewise, American progressive architects were admired. République de Weimar Le maréchal Hindenburg Le maréchal Hindenburg. The Weimar Republic had some of the most serious economic problems ever experienced by any Western democracy in history. The value of the Papiermark had declined from 4.2 marks per U.S. dollar in 1914 to one million per dollar by August 1923. In the four years following the First World War, the situation for German civilians remained dire. Instead, the struggles induced by the First World War persisted for the decade following. It introduced the eight-hour workday, domestic labour reform, works councils, agricultural labour reform, right of civil-service associations, local municipality social welfare relief (split between Reich and States) and national health insurance, reinstatement of demobilised workers, protection from arbitrary dismissal with appeal as a right, regulated wage agreement, and universal suffrage from 20 years of age in all types of elections—local and national. MLA (7th ed.) Chicago (Author-Date, 15th ed.) Offizieller Account der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar auf Instagramm Offizieller Account der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar auf Vimeo The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar uses Matomo for web analytics.

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