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20. Jahrhundert: 1914-1945 | Versailler Vertrag
Germany and the Peace Treaty of Versailles
As Matthias Erzberger signs the armistice in the forest of Compiègne in November 1918, Germany is in the midst of a revolution. Philipp Scheidemann proclaims the republic, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates. The Reich now receives a democratic constitution. But the Versailles Peace Treaty will weigh heavily on the Weimar Republic. For Germany has to cede large parts of its territory and is forced to pay high reparations and acknowledge sole responsibility for the war. The "dictated peace" of Versailles and the Germans’ call for a revision of the treaty will later promote Hitler’s rise to power.
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Matthias Erzberger, armistice talks, Compiègne, General Ferdinand Foch, allied, allies, terms for the armistice, revolution, Republic, military defeat, unconditional surrender, Woodrow Wilson, USA, 14-Point Program, Fourteen Points, Berlin, Council of People’s Representatives, social democrats, SPD, Friedrich Ebert, starvation, sea blockade, stab-in-the-back legend, stab-in-the-back myth, elections, National Assembly, women's suffrage, Weimar, constitution, peace negotiations, victorious powers, France, ruined wasteland, reparations, peace talks, vanquished, Georges Clemenceau, demilitarisation, Lloyd George, Balance of Power, international peace order, democratisation, League of Nations, war guilt, peace conference, Versailles, territorial loss, Rhineland, demilitarised zone, peace conditions, government, democracy, Treaty of Versailles, peace treaty, Shameful Peace, Philipp Scheidemann, traitors to the Fatherland, attack, Weimar Republic
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