Key Figures of the Weimar Republic

Kaiser who departed after the First World War

First president of Germany

Declared the creation of a republic to the German people

Foreign minister who was largely responsible for the Weimar 'Golden Age'

Former army general who became the second president of Germany

Female leader of the Spartacist Revolt, which opposed the Weimar government

Chancellor who lost control of the Reichstag after the Wall Street Crash

Chancellor who ruled by presidential decree and organised the 'Cabinet of Barons'

Penultimate chancellor of the republic who was assassinated on the 'Night of the Long Knives'

Final chancellor of the Weimar Republic