The Weimar Republic was the German state that followed the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II at the end of the First World War, declared in Berlin and named after the city where its constitution was drafted in 1919. It was a democracy with a strong president, a parliament elected by proportional representation and a progressive constitution. The new state was burdened by defeat, the Treaty of Versailles, political violence and hyperinflation in 1923, while the 1920s also brought a vibrant culture of art, film and science. The Great Depression deepened extremism, and after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933, the Nazis dismantled the republic.
Before and after
- 30 October 1918Armistice of Mudros
- from 1 November 1918 to 22 May 1919Defense of Lwów 1918–1919
- from November 1918 to March 1920Hungarian–Romanian War
- from 1 November 1918 to 17 July 1919Polish–Ukrainian War
- from 9 November 1918 to 1 January 1933Weimar Republic
- from 11 November 1918 to 11 September 1939Interwar period
- 11 November 1918Armistice of Compiègne
- from 12 November 1918 to 10 September 1919Republic of German-Austria
- from 16 November 1918 to 5 July 1945Second Polish Republic
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