Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The Weimar politicians faced criticism from the being as many of the politician were labelled as November Criminals for signing the peace with the Allies. Soldiers thought that Germany should have fought on and that the Treaty of Versailles was a disgrace. These November Criminals were said to have 'stabbed' Germany in the back and betrayed her. Hitler would often claim this and link it also to the Jews community. Compare this picture to the one below.
A women burns money rather fuel during the hyperinflation crisis 1923. Stresseman resolved the crisis by recalling money and replacing it with a new currency the Rentenmark, agreed new reparation payment terms and gained loans from the US under the Dawes Plan 1924.
1932 Social Democratic Party (SDP) poster who were the main Weimar Republic Party.
After the depression the SPD struggled and many turned towards the Nazis. This election poster is trying to show that the SPD will crush Monarchism, Nazism and Communism, making Germany democratic.
No comments:
Post a Comment