This means that countries such as Austria, Switzerland and parts of Poland and Hungry could all be classed as Germans. ... The Weimar Republic was the political system that replaced the old imperial German Government after world War One. ... Already in the June of 1922 the German government had asked the allies to grant a delay on the reparation payments, but the allies bluntly refused. ... The workers of the Ruhr, (which was the industrial heart of Germany) declared a general strike and received financial support from the government in Berlin, which called for a campaign of passive resista...

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Adolf Hitler was born on Easter Sunday, April 20, 1889, in the Austrian village of Braunau. ... He did not want to fight for Austria so he fled from Vienna to avoid it but he was passionately loyal to Germany. ... The President of Germany had responsibility for appointment of a chancellor, this man would run the government. ...

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Since the German government suffered badly in the depression, the existing Weimar government, put in place by the victorious allies, was blamed (John). ... Hitler knew this was the right time to take over the government. ... Adolf Hitler, who was the leader of the Nazis, was born in Austria just across the border from German Bavaria. ... It was the second highest position in the German government. ... In 1938 Germany invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia to free German minority and really begin Hitler's plan of world domination. ...

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