Weimar political parties
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weimar-political-parties-174-1985514
title:
Weimar political parties
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In the fourteen years the Weimar Republic was in existence, some forty parties were represented in the Reichstag. This fragmentation of political power was in part due to the use of a peculiar proportional representation electoral system that encouraged regional or small special interest parties and in part due to the many challenges facing the nascent German democracy in this period. After the Nazi seizure of power, they used the provisions of the Reichstag Fire Decree to effectively eliminate
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German political parties
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_political_parties
date created:
2004-07-16T14:05:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T15:51:46Z
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