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The late 1920s were the best years for Weimar Germany. The country was more politically stable, and seemed to be economically stable too. Unfortunately this was an illusory calm: Germany depended on US loans to finance her industry and to pay reparations.
Explore the Weimar Republic of the late 1920s in this enlightening quiz.
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Germany claimed that she could not pay reparations during the financial crisis that came to an end by 1924. Under this plan she resumed payments over a longer period than had been envisaged in 1921
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Under the new spirit of optimism that pervaded Europe after 1923, Germany agreed voluntarily to accept at least part of the hated Versailles settlement
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During these years the Weimar governments showed an eagerness to compromise with their former enemies. They felt that this was the best way to undermine the Treaty of Versailles, which they had reluctantly signed in 1919
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Hitler's prison regime was lenient, and he served only a few months of a five year sentence. The trial judge seemed to sympathize with him, and often Hitler dominated the court proceedings with his antics
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Hitler's book was a rambling text, combining autobiographical detail with pseudo-scientific mention of the theories of the likes of Gobineau and Houston Stewart Chamberlain. It became a best seller once he achieved power
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In 1919 Germany had been an international pariah. By 1926 international bodies were queuing up to recruit her
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The Weimar Constitution of 1919 set out to be democratic and fair
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Under the Weimar electoral system more extreme parties needed to poll a large share of the votes to gain substantial numbers of seats
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Young was following up the 1924 examination of the German economy, just before the Great Depression
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The New York Stock Exchange was extremely volatile during 1929. Share values could of course rise, but they could also plummet
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