Before Brüning's chancellorship, in what year did the Weimar Republic start?
1919
1930
1945
1920
Answer
The Weimar Republic, Germany's first democratic government, emerged after World War I and the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918. The republic's early years were marked by political instability, economic challenges, and the Treaty of Versailles, which many Germans perceived as punitive.
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