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Germany Loses WWI/ToV
Germany lost WWI and faced harsh punishments. In the ToV, they lost 12% of their land mass, military shrunk to 100,000, $6 billion in reparations, and faced the war guilt clause, stating that Germany would take majority of the blame for WW1. Left in shambles, morally defeated. -
Stab-in-the-back myth OPVL
O: This image is a piece of propaganda that the far right Germans (in politics) used to blame the communists and the Jews for the loss of WW1. It was published sometime after WW1.
P: The purpose is to blame the communists and Jews for Germany's loss. This idea provided a scapegoat for the German citizens.
V: This piece holds high value for a historian studying the rise of Nazi Germany because it shows how the heavy anti semitism began.
L: There is little to no validity for this myth. -
Weimar Republic and its fall
Weimar Republic was the gov't that was formed after WW1. It was weak and lacked support. The far left (communists) and the far right (socialist) did not support it. The lack of unity and representation in the Weimar led to violence. The crippling war debt + political instability also led to its fall.