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=The Fall of the Weimar Republic=

To be able to write in an informed way about a topic it is essential that you know something about it. The link below provides some interesting information about the Weimar Republic.
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Use the resources on this wiki and respond to one of the questions below:

Consider **one** of these questions and **write an introduction and add to the wiki - remember to present a strong argument.** This is a selection of past questions from HSC papers. The THREE shown in blue and bold should be your focus for this task.
 * Past HSC Questions: National Study - Germany **

** (a) Assess the importance of nationalism as a cause of the failure of democracy in Germany in the period 1918–1934. **
(b) Assess the importance of the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party as a cause of the failure of democracy in Germany in the period 1918–1934. (c) Assess the importance of the lack of support by the elite groups in German society as a cause of the failure of democracy in Germany in the period 1918–1934.

(e) Assess the impact of conservative parties and elites on German politics in the period 1918–1934.

As you can see the past papers have a similar pattern and in 2011 the pattern changes. The expectations in the answer remain the same but the expression used in the question is different. We will examine this in class.

An important factor in the failure of the Weimar Republic was the rise of Hitler. The following posters and the anthem help us to understand the appeal to the German people.
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Nazi Anthem to listen to the anthem of the Nazi Party.