'Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the outset, or could it have survived?' The Weimar Republic was established in 1918 after Germany was defeated in WW1. The Republic faced many problems from its beginning to its end. In this chapter, I intend to argue that the Weimar Republic was doomed from its beginning and could have done nothing to avoid its eventual demise. As historian Sean Lang wrote, 'Hitler was bound to take power in …
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…with a large rally of opposition, all due to a Treaty they were forced to sign in order to end the war. To, conclude, form its very birth the Weimar Republic was faced with many factors, which put strain on its already weak foundations. It was immediately unpopular and resented by many social classes in Germany, and faced with great economic problems out of its control. All this contributed to the inevitability of its demise.