Lecture: Weimar Republic: The Constitution, Political Parties, and Early Threats to the Republic

Lecture Outline:

I. Background to Weimar: Born in Crisis
II. Structural-Functional Analysis of Weimar Constitution
III. Weimar Political Parties
IV. The Crises of 1923
–Inflation
–Occupation of the Ruhr
–Munich (Beer Hall) Putsch
V. Discussion & Conclusions