Why did parliamentary government decline in Germany .
1930-33? And why was Hitler appointed .
Chancellor in January 1933? Why did parliamentary government decline in Germany 1930-33?.
The Government in Germany has always suffered from having a structural weakness. The system of proportional representation used in the Reichstag meant that there was too many different parties with contrasting views, and so there was always a lot of quarrelling between them. This meant that there was always danger of a division.
On June 28th 1919 the German Government signed the Treaty of Versailles, admitting Germany's defeat in World War One. The German people were disgusted with this treaty and waited until April 1921 when the reparation figure was announced. Germany has to pay a certain sum each year, which would add up to £6,600,000,000. Most Germans were very annoyed about the Treaty of Versailles, the war guilt clause and the huge sums of reparations that had to be paid. At the end of 1922 Germany had made no payments. This led to a terrible economic crisis, which had been caused by the occupation of the Ruhr by French and Belgian troops. During the hyperinflation of 1923 the value of the Deutsch Mark plummeted until it was virtually worthless. The inflation affected Germans in many different ways. For example, old people found that their savings were now worthless. The losers were not the poor who had little to lose or the rich who found ways to protect their wealth. The real losers were the middle classes. This hyperinflation made the government look bad, as they were still seriously in debt. The inflation was quite an important factor, as it proved that Germany was in a bad state and needed a strong leader.
For a short time after this the Government started to improve again, in 1924 The Dawes Plan was introduced, which gave Germany a loan from America and stated that the reparations could be paid over a longer period of time than was stated in Treaty of Versailles.