83.1 Birth of the Weimar Republic

A History of Europe, Key Battles by Carl Rylett

May 8, 202629:56Society & Culture

After World War One, political upheaval in Germany leads to the overthrow of the German monarchy and establishment of a new republic based in the town of Weimar. Photo: Proclamation of Weimar Republic, 9 November 1918. O...

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