Western Civilization II / Unit 16 WC2 1510 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Weimar: Liberalism's Constitution, the Stab-in-the-Back Lie, and an Army of 100,000
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The idea
The constitution written at Weimar in nineteen nineteen gave universal suffrage to men and women and fundamental rights. The stab-in-the-back was a lie: the General Staff had told the Kaiser the war was lost. Versailles left an army of a hundred thousand.
In practice
Reparations: one hundred thirty-two billion gold marks total.
Where people slip
The anchor says "annually"; the schedule set the sum.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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