what was the spartacist league?
1)
- The Spartacist League was a political party that opposed the Weimer Republic in Germany. They were in favour of a Soviet-style governance. However, they could not achieve the success as they were opposed by the Socialists, Democrats, Catholics and severely crushed by the Free Corps.
- After this event, the Spartacists organized themselves under the banner of the Communists .However, the enmity between the Socialists and the Communists failed to check the growth of Hitler in the coming years.
2)
The Weimar republic was politically fragile for the following reasons:
i) The inherent defects in the constitution made it vulnerable to dictatorship.
ii) The system of proportional representation made achieving a majority by any one party an impossible task and led to coalitions.
iii) Article 48 gave the President powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree.
iv) The system led to formation of twenty different cabinets for the duration of Weimar republic and gradually eroded the confidence of people in democratic means.
The Weimer Republic had to face several problems as soon as it came to power.
- the humiliating treaty of Versailles put the entire blame of the defeat of the war on Germany and so inflicted high remunerations on it.
- their rise also coincided with the revolutionary uprising of the Spartacist League on the pattern of the Bolshevik
Revolution in Russia. The WEimer government had to take steps to crush down all the oppositions like the Free
Corps - they also had to face the effects of teh economic depression
The Weimar republic was politically fragile for the following reasons:
i) The inherent defects in the constitution made it vulnerable to dictatorship.
ii) The system of proportional representation made achieving a majority by any one party an impossible task and led to coalitions.
iii) Article 48 gave the President powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree.
iv) The system led to formation of twenty different cabinets for the duration of Weimar republic and gradually eroded the confidence of people in democratic means.