- Capital: Weimar, Germany
- Constitutional republic with constituent assembly
- Formed after the First World World
- Treaty of Versailles (1919)
- Liable for 132 billion Reichsmarks worth of gold or commodities
- Kapp Putsch coup attempt led by Wolfgang Kapp in 1920
- Beer Hall Putsch coup attempt led by Adolf Hitler in 1923
- Hyperinflation of the Reichsmark (1921-1923)
- Reichsmark replaced by Rentenmark in November 1923
- Joined League of Nations in 1926
- High unemployment from the Great Depression
- Rule by decree began in 1930
- Nazi Party won 37.3% of the general election vote in 1932
- Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as chancellor in January 1933
- Reichstag Fire in February 1933
- Ended with the Enabling Act in March 1933
- Succeeded by Nazi Germany
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Collection of facts about the Weimar Republic
This post is a collection of facts about the Weimar Republic (1918-1933). There are 17 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia