Ebert-Groener Pact - please explain! (1 Viewer)

[rach.07]

i so don't understand this thing! google isn't helping me, any enlightenment? asap please!

 

[Kujah]

The Ebert-Groener Pact was an agreement between President Ebert and Wilhelm Groener (German Army) that ensured the safety of the new Weimar Republic in its early days. Facing threats from the Spartacists, led by Liebknecht and Luxembourg, the Army, along with the Freikorps, were allowed to crack down on left-wing groups posing a danger to the new Government. In return, the Army would be able to retain its independence and support from the interventions of bureaucrats.

http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/history/factsheets/november_revolution.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebert-Groener_pact
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/modern_history/national_studies/germany/2420/page105.htm
http://faculty.goucher.edu/history231/chronology_of_the_german_revolut.htm

Rather than using Google, try Dogpile

 

[Zephyrio]

Ooh!

Ebert: HELP! These radical left-wing subversives want to usurp the government and want to establish a Communist state! Oh no, who will I turn to? Yes, I know, I will rely on these RIGHT wing institutions who ALSO hate us to protect us from uprisings instigated by Communists!

Groener: Hello, I'm the head of the military, and Ebert, it's really common knowledge that right-wingers like I hate you. But that's okay; we can protect you if you promise not to interfere with the army.

Ebert: Okay, okay, quick! Protect us from these ugly, red monsters! Please!

 

[Kujah]

Ooh!

Ebert: HELP! These radical left-wing subversives want to usurp the government and want to establish a Communist state! Oh no, who will I turn to? Yes, I know, I will rely on these RIGHT wing institutions who ALSO hate us to protect us from uprisings instigated by Communists!

Groener: Hello, I'm the head of the military, and Ebert, it's really common knowledge that right-wingers like I hate you. But that's okay; we can protect you if you promise not to interfere with the army.

Ebert: Okay, okay, quick! Protect us from these ugly, red monsters! Please!

Exactly

 

[morelli7]

how did this help the demise of weimar in regards to nationalism

 

[enoilgam]

how did this help the demise of weimar in regards to nationalism

I think it mainly has to do with the fact that it increased the power and influence of the Military, whilst reducing the influence which the government had over the Military. I mean, the pact's existence itself shows the inherent problem - a government needs to create an alliance with its military for protection. That's a problem in and of itself.