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Ans. The problems faced by Weimar Republic are the following: (i)The infant Weimar Republic was forced to pay for the sins of the old empire the republic carried the burden of war guilt and national humiliation and was financially crippled by being forced to pay compensation. (ii) The Socialists, Catholics and Democrats who supported the Weimar Republic became easy target of attack in the conservative nationalist circles. They were mockingly called 'November criminals. (iii) There was revolutionary uprising of the Spartacist League on the patter of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. (iv) Soviets of workers and sailors were established in many cities. There was demand for Soviet-style governance. The Weimar Republic crushed the uprising with the help of a war veterans' organisation called, 'Free Corps (v) The Spartacists later founded the Communist Party of Germany Communists and Scientists henceforth became irreconcilable enemies and could not make common cause against Hitler. (vi) There was economic crisis of 192 3. Prices of goods soared. The crisis came be known as hyperinflation, a situation when prices rise phenomenally. (vii)Politically too, the Weimar Republic was fragile. System of proportionate representation and Article 48 which gave President the impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree. The Weimer Republic saw twenty different cabinets lasting on an average 239 days and a liberal use of Article 48.
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