Weimar Republic It Is Often Term Paper

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The second was Article 48 of the constitution, which stated that, in an emergency, the president could issue important decrees without approval of the Reichstag -- a backdoor that eventually brought Hitler to power.

Despite these difficulties, the Weimar republic also had its strengths. For the first time in its history, Germans under the republic enjoyed the freedom of democracy and a Bill of Rights guaranteed every German citizen freedom of speech, religion, and equality under the law and all men and women over 20 years of age could exercise their right of vote. Moreover, after a severe economic crisis brought about by hyperinflation in 1923, Gustav Stresemann, the German chancellor (1923) and foreign minister (1923-29) brought about a remarkable turn-around and until 1929 the German economy boomed and cultural life flourished like never before.
Unfortunately, Stresemann died in 1929, which ended the golden period of the Weimar Republic and signaled the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. At that time, there was no strong personality in the Weimar Republic to oppose him effectively. Hence, if we consider whether the fate of the Weimar Republic depended on personalities or the underlying trends;….....

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