Weimar+Republic

People use the term “ Weimar Republic  ” to refer to a period in German history between 1919 and 1933 when the government was a democratic  republic  governed by a constitution that was laid out in the German city of  Weimar. Technically, the Weimar  Constitution lasted until 1945, when the German government was formally dissolved in the wake of the Second World War, but most people date the end of the  Weimar Republic  to 1933, when Adolf Hitler took control and the constitution became effectively meaningless under his Third Reich. Under the Weimar  Constitution, Germany was divided into 19 states. All citizens had the right to vote, electing members of the Reichstag or German Parliament along with the President. The President in turn appointed a chancellor and an assortment of cabinet members. As many historians have noted, on paper, the Weimar  Constitution was a brilliant document, and Germany under the  Weimar Republic  was a true democracy. Flag of the German Confederation Germany after Versailles Treaty