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[[Image:Wheelbarrow money.jpg|right|thumb|A wheelbarrow full of printed currency]]
[[Image:Wheelbarrow money.jpg|right|thumb|A wheelbarrow full of printed currency]]
The republic was also struggling with the rejection by monarchist, who were still occupying important position in the state. Many WWI veterans believed that the German forces in WW I were not defeated, but that the social democratic leaders, who founded the Weimar republic to thwart a communist revolution, surrendered to the allies for political gains. It was know is known as the "stab-in-the-back myth", and was used to discredit the republic[1].
The republic was also struggling with the rejection by monarchist, who were still occupying important position in the state. Many WWI veterans believed that the German forces in WW I were not defeated, but that the social democratic leaders, who founded the Weimar republic to thwart a communist revolution, surrendered to the allies for political gains. It was know is known as the "stab-in-the-back myth", and was used to discredit the republic[http://www.germannotes.com/hist_weimar_dolch.shtml].
The early years were characterized by hyper-inflation, which was caused when the government started printing money since it was low on cash, in part due to reparation payments. The value of the German mark went from 4 to the dollar to over 1 trillion to the dollar at the peak of the inflation in 1923. Although the Weimar Republic enjoyed a time of economic resurgence after the early years of hyper-inflation it failed to gain deep public support. The Weimar Republic was famously called a 'democracy without democrats'.
The early years were characterized by hyper-inflation, which was caused when the government started printing money since it was low on cash, in part due to reparation payments. The value of the German mark went from 4 to the dollar to over 1 trillion to the dollar at the peak of the inflation in 1923. Although the Weimar Republic enjoyed a time of economic resurgence after the early years of hyper-inflation it failed to gain deep public support. The Weimar Republic was famously called a 'democracy without democrats'.