Dear All,
As a citizen of Germany, I believe I am entitled to my opinion on what is going on here in this country and this is what I have to say. This thing that we are supposed to call our “government” is out of hand and someone else needs to take over. The Weimar Government is doing a horrible job of taking care of the citizens and I am getting sick and tired of sitting here watching my working hard, day in and day out to support my family, while watching my husband struggle because of his wounds from WWI. They tell us that the war will be sweet and short and they make it seem like they had everything under control. Then the Weimar Government looses it all and decided to sign the dumb Treaty of Versailles as a so called peace treaty to end the war. What a smart decision! But how in the world is it a peace treaty when it only brought us destruction. It placed us in debt, making us pay $33 BILLON in war reparations. $33 BILLION! It also makes us except the fact that we were the cause of the war! How fair is this? How can we except this treaty. Not only did we have to pay all that money and except the War Guilt Clause we also lost land! We could have been using that land for help in this horrible economy. But the Weimar Government, a government that is supposed to work for the citizens, and the rights of the country, signed the treaty. They signed it under all these circumstances!! This is ridiculous. And who is getting affected by it? We are. The citizens. The economy is bad. Soldiers are coming home to jobs not available. So, we as the women have to step up and take the responsibly to maintain our households, while some of our husbands are dieing. So, how do I rate the Weimar government when it comes down to how they dealt with the war? I give them a big fat F, for failure. We went into this war as a big huge empire and came out with NOTHING!! And what did the Weimar Government do? They made it worst by signing the Treaty of Versailles. And how do I rate the government when it comes to how they dealt with the land. A big fat F! Where is our land? It’s gone; it’s given back to those who had it first. And when you loose land as a result of the war, it means that you lost. And when you loose you are a failure. Lastly, how they are dealing with us and our needs. They are not! They are doing a poor job. All they did was sent the troops home. And they sent them home for what? They sent them home to continue struggling until they die. So do the Weimar Government care about us??? The could careless!!!
- A Hopless Citizen
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I also forgot to put my sources. They are from Belk Notes
ReplyDeleteI think the Treaty of Versailles affected the Weimer Government along with the citizens. They became scapegoats. Remember Kaiser Wilhelm entered Germany in the war and was the one that instigated the war with his imperialistic efforts. The people complain about starvation and horrible economy from the war, so the Weimer Government gets Germany out of the war. They did listen to the people! Now you disagree with their acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles and its terms. The Weimer govt is in a lose lose situation, and never started the war in the first place. Also they have the threat of communism and fascist being implemented in their place, by force. I feel that you are a little harsh on the government, that did bring at least international peace, and a step in the right direction. In a side note, females having to maintain households and get jobs for themselves with injured or deceased husbands was good for women and their rise of importance in society. These instances are great for women to prove their equality.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree!!! The Weimar Government could careless! They made Germany lose their title as a dominant country and do you think they are concerned with that??? no!! The Weimar Government only concern was power ove the people!!! I dislike them so much for the things they put the people through such as war debt that lead to inflation, which lead to starvation due to the high prices. I feel for the German government, because that is why communism took over and it only brought more hardache for the people. I think the Weimar Government should give up, why are they still around wasting the people of Germany's time and trust???
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