Paper 3 - Weimar Germany (1918–1933)

What are 2 quotes about Weimar’s stability?

Detlev Peukert – Weimar’s “stability was only apparent,” undermined by economic fragility.

Richard Evans – Stresemann created “relative stability” but not lasting security.

What are 2 quotes about inevitability of collapse?

William Shirer – The Republic was “doomed from the start” due to Versailles and weak institutions.

Hans Mommsen – Weimar collapsed because of structural flaws, not inevitability.

What is a quote about the depression?

Ian Kershaw – The Depression was the “decisive crisis” that opened the door for Hitler.

What is a quote about culture?

Eric Weitz – The Weimar years also showed “progressive modernism” in culture and society, not just crisis.