Bryson- Weimar Government, Not Exactly My Best Friend

Guess what! I just went to try to buy bread for my family and the grocery store down the street is shut down. They had a sign out front saying they could not find enough employees to keep it open. And the one across town wants a whole dollar! for one loaf of bread. It is ridiculus how many things have changed since this Weimar Government took over and put an end to the war. And many of these changes are not making them popular in my neighborhood either. Alfons, a general in the war who lives down the street from me, is highly upset with the sudden end to the war and i cannot say i disagree. We were winning! or so we were told. Everything was going to so well at the beginning and it seemed as if this war was going to be a short and glorious one for Germany like everyone was saying. Then the Weimar Government had to come in and sign the Treaty of Versailles that has left us even worse than during the war. Look at us. We can bearly buy a loaf of bread without going across town and having to trade and arm and a left for it. by signing that treaty we lost so much.
One of the major things we lost was valuable land. During my childhood, I can still remember my dad taking me to Alsace-Lorraine and seeing all the men at work, to show me the valuable lands our country depends so much on. Now, that land has been handed back to France. We also lost more land to other neighboring countries as well as countries that were not even established yet and had therefore no right to it.
Also, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, we were blamed for the entire war. I seem to remember there being issues between Russia and Austria Hungary that started this whole thing. Germany had no beef with anyone. We just took the war as an opprotunity to expand. When the Weimar Government agreed for us to take the blame for the war, they also agreed to pay $33 billion in war reparations leaving us in huge debt. That must be why there is inflamation and loafs of bread cost a whole dollar! We have already lost valuable land, lowing our production that leads to a decrease in trade that leads to a decrease in profit for us workers and a rise in prices for things. So how could the Allies and more importantly, the Weimar governmetn expect that we would be able to pay all of this money? The Weimar government should have known the consequences of that great a debt could not be good, so why would they sign the treaty if they have the best interest of the people in mind? I'll tell you why. Because they don't!
And the worst thing of all is that there were no German representatives there when this treaty was drawn up. We had no say so in what the conditions of the treaty would be. And the Weimar government signed it! This was the first time ever that the opposing side was not present when the conditions of a treaty were agreed upon. Instead, we sat back at home and waited for them to decide our fate and to sign it no matter what in fear that we would be taken over. The Weimar government should have stood up to the Allies and told them these terms were not fair and to try to come to an agreement on the conditions. If that did not set well then i would rather have been taken over with a loaf of bread on my table than a Germany left in caos.