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Germany after WWI

Germany after WWI. The Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic. Sept. 1918 Nov. 1918 June 1919. German Generals… Uprisings…. Wilhelm II steps… New German gov signs… Allies ordered new German gov . to sign Treaty of Versailles. Western boundaries redefined.

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Germany after WWI

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  1. Germany after WWI The Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic

  2. Sept. 1918 • Nov. 1918 • June 1919 • German Generals… • Uprisings…. • Wilhelm II steps… • New German gov signs… • Allies ordered new German gov. to sign Treaty of Versailles

  3. Western boundaries redefined Alsace-Lorraine back to France Part of Ger. Goes to Poland No forts on Rhine LAND Give up colonies Give up coal mines IMPACT OF TREATY OF VERSAILLES ON GERMANY PRIDE ECONOMY Accept responsibility for the war Give up coal mines Give up colonies Must pay war reparations Pay reparations INFLUENCE MILITARY Austria independent Limited army - defensive only Czechoslovakia ind. Limited navy - no subs Poland independent No air force Russia independent

  4. June 1919 • July 1919 • German objected to Treaty • 1. Sole Responsibility • 2. Amount Reparations • Leaders … • New constitution… • Democratic – Weimar Republic

  5. Weimar Republic • Parliamentary system - Chancellor… • Women Suffrage… • Not popular… • Communists… • Conservatives… • All classes blamed…

  6. Hyperinflation • 1923, German fell behind … • Coal-rich Ruhr Valley • German coal miners refused to work. To support the workers, the government continued to pay them - printed huge quantities of paper money to do so • Inflation out of control • High unemployment

  7. International Exchange Rate-German Marks to U.S. Dollars Jan. 1914 Jan. 1918 Jan. 1919 July 1919 Jan. 1920 July 1920 4:1 July 1921 Jan. 1922 July 1922 Jan. 1923 July 1923 Dec. 1923 73:1 5:1 182:1 8:1 470:1 14:1 17,000:1 375,000:1 62:1 4,000,000,000,000:1 37:1

  8. Effects of Hyperinflation • Most workers paid daily – shop on way home before $$$ is worth less • Housewives used paper money in wood stoves – cheaper than kindling. • German central bank printed larger denominations of bills almost monthly.

  9. People got letters from banks – money in savings account not enough to pay acct. fees. • Young women saving $$$ for dowries saw the value evaporate – decline in traditional weddings. • A concert pianist would give a performance, get paid with a suitcase of bills….only good enough for a couple of meals.

  10. The Ruhr • In 1923, France accused Germany of not making the reparations payments • In order to make Germany pay it would seize raw materials like coal for itself.  • In January 1923 French and Belgian troops marched into the Ruhr • The Germans in the Ruhr responded with a policy of passive resistance • The problem was that Germany was now losing all that the Ruhr would normally have produced; passive resistance was making Germany even poorer.

  11. Two attempts to overthrow government • right wing group tried to take control of the government in Berlin • socialist & communist workers went on strike, made it impossible for the group to set up a government • 1923 – Communist group took over Munich • revolt was crushed militarily

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