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What were the weaknesses and difficulties of the Weimer Republic? How did Hitler succeed in establishing his dictatorship?

  • UPSC 2004
  • Revolution and Counter-Revolution

The Weimar Republic, proclaimed in February 1919 as Germany's first genuine parliamentary democracy, carried structural and circumstantial weaknesses from birth that made it vulnerable to exactly the kind of assault Hitler eventually mounted on it.

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  • The Republic's Founding Disadvantages
  • Weaknesses Built into the Constitution
  • Recurrent Violence and Institutional Fragility
  • The Underlying Economic Crisis
  • How Hitler Established His Dictatorship
  • Conclusion

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