Assess the View That the Collapse of the Weimar Republic Was Primarily Due to the Appeal of Hitler and the Nazi Party.

The fall of the Weimar Republic was not only due to the appeal of Hitler and the Nazis but a number of other factors as well. Essentially in order to make a judgment on the collapse of the democratic German government numerous social, political and economic problems factors must be accounted for. In 1918 various conflicting problems were concurrent with the eventuation of that from the outset its first governing body the socialist party (SPD) was forced to contend with. These included the aspect of German imperialism, the unresolved defeat of 1918, financial collapse and the forced struggle against the activities of the National party as well as inflation. Other factors, which influenced the failure of Weimar, were the structural weaknesses induced by the constitution and the basic lack of support for the Republic among the German people particularly amongst the elite. The political structure of Weimar Germany also caused its failure. Its structure was flawed in numerous ways, all of which contributed to its inevitable failure. All in all, these aspects were the major causes, which led the Weimar republic to ultimate failure and therefore the eventual ascent of Hiller’s nationalist party to power was not the chief reason for the fall of democracy but a result of the aftermath of the Great Depression, which was in 1929.
First of all, after the defeat of Germany in the First World War there were tremendous problems within Germany. As a result this caused economic, political and social problems which first had to be dealt with by the new democratic Weimar government. In June 1919, they voted to comply with the treaty of Versailles, which was a dictated peace settlement, imposed by the Paris peace conference. However, the signing of the Treaty served to promote protest and unrest amongst the soldiers, sailors and the German people generally, and democracy thus resulted in becoming an alien device. The Ebert–Groener pact was an argument between Friedrich Ebert, the...