Weimar Republic

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noun

the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.

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How to use Weimar Republic in a sentence

One of the clever things the Nazis did in the last days of the Weimar Republic was suspend freedom of the press.
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Gordon sat by as the Thoenes compared Israel to the battle of the Alamo and contemporary America to the Weimar Republic.
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He was stationed in Germany, where he experienced the tumult of the Weimar Republic.
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And once compared the Obama administration to the Weimar Republic.
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“Germany recalls the ruinous consequences of the inflation of the Weimar Republic,” he writes.
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British Dictionary definitions for Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

noun

the German republic that existed from 1919 to Hitler's accession to power in 1933

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Cultural definitions for Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

[ (veye-mahr, weye-mahr) ]

A common name for the democratic government of Germany between the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the assumption of power by Adolf Hitler in 1933; Weimar, Germany, was where its constitution was drawn up. The constitution abolished the several constitutional monarchies that had previously formed the German Empire. The Weimar government was unpopular because of its acceptance of the harsh provisions of the Treaty of Versailles; the large penalties Germany had to pay caused economic chaos in the country, with German money declining daily in value. Germany's Weimar years, however, were a period of political freedom and cultural creativity, both of which were snuffed out by Hitler.