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"The period in German history from 1919 - 1933 is commonly referred to as the Weimar Republic ,as the Republic's constitution was drafted here because the capital, Berlin ,with its street rioting after the 1918 German Revolution ,was considered too dangerous for the National Assembly to convene there."
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"The postwar Weimar Republic (1919-33) was an attempt to establish a peaceful liberal democratic regime in Germany."
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"1918 ,and the Weimar Republic of 1919."
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"Although technically the 1919 constitution was not invalidated until after World War II ,the legal measures taken by the Nazi government in 1933 (commonly known as Gleichschaltung )destroyed the mechanisms of a typical democratic system, so 1933 is cited as the end of the Weimar Republic."
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"The rise of Prussian power in the 19th century supported by growing German nationalism eventually ended inter-state fighting and resulted in the formation of the German empire in 1871 under the chancellorship of Otto von Bismarck."
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"From Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire to Otto von Bismarck's German Reich, Nazism and the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, no other nation has moulded Europe the way Germany has -for better or worse."
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"In 1866 Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of Prussia, annexed most of Germany, consolidating his position as the biggest wig in Europe with a resounding victory over France in 1871."
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