This text shows how an advanced system of democracy was established on the ruins of a defeated Germany in 1918-19 and how it survived repreated crises during the 1920s, before being supplanted by the dictatorship of Hitler and the Nazi Party after 1933. The text is suitable for the London Examinations Syllabus E Depth Study, MEG Syllabus 1608 Depth Study, all Modern World syllabus options on Germany between the wars, as well as SHP depth studies on Germany 1918-1945.