Why were people unhappy with the Weimar Government?
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Why were people unhappy with the Weimar Government? There were a number of reasons why the German people were unhappy with the Weimar government. One of the main reasons for this was the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The result of this was that Germany has to take the war guilt, Germany had to pay reparations of 6,600 million marks to the allies in particular France, Germany lost its colonies, it lost its air force & tanks, and its soldiers were restricted to 100,000. The Ruhr was demilitarised. Also they lost their colonies and its land was cut up such as the Polish Corridor and Alsace Lorraine. This angered many Germans and the soldiers labelled the Weimar Government the "November Criminals" because they couldn't believe they had lost and thought that the Government easily gave up. The German people were also angry because after the signing the German economy was bad...


