The Weimar Republic was the democratic government that controlled Germany's politics during 1919 to 1933; its greatest achievement was the partial recovery of Germany's inflation problems after WWI, but other major problems such as the effects of Article 48, the inevitable Great Depression and the fact that it was created by the Treaty of Versailles led Weimar Republic to its end. Article 48 stated that the President of Germany is enabled to gain full control over the German army …showed first 75 words of 442 total…

…showed last 75 words of 442 total…the damages done during the WWI. This is the factor that caused all the riots and revolutions in Germany during post-war time, and it is also the factor that brought up the most violent dictator on the stage of history- Adolf Hitler, the man that ended Weimar republic with his own hands. The Weimar Republic was officially overthrown by the Nazis in 1933, the fire that seared Reichstag also burnt the democracy in Germany to ashes.