The collapse of Weimar Germany, the democratic government that only remained in power for a decade, was a result of the popular sentiment against the Treaty of Versailles, the structure of the government itself, the failing economy of Germany, and the civil unrest that emerged as a result.
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the most universally hated documents of all time and was a source of great upset for essentially all Germans, who often associated it with the coming to power of the Weimar government. The terms of the treaty were not harsh enough to stamp out all resistance in Germany nor lenient enough to appease the German people and avoid unrest. The rumour that the German army had been stabbed in the back by politicians who belonged to the new Weimar government, amongst other less related groups, such as the Jews. While hatred of the treaty was not reserved for radical groups - Stresemann, the finest diplomat of his age, who worked for the republic, not the monarchy, spent much of his career dismantling key aspects of the treaty - it became primarily associated with extremist political parties. …
