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Treaty of Versailles and Propaganda

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World War. What really irritated the Germans was that this treaty was drawn up without any input from them. The treaty was very one sided and called for massive reduction  and elimination of all types of war making capabilities, loss of land, and on top of it all, they were asked to sign a war guilt clause which stated that  the Germans accepted all the guilt and responsibility for having caused the war and as such were liable for the damages caused to the allies during the war(Eubank 1969). It  is not hard to believe, then, that the German people would be willing to embrace whatever ideology would vindicate them and restore some of what had been lost through the  Versailles Treaty. Various factions, including the KPD, KPD, USPD, Center Party, nationalists, and of course, the Nazi party, used propaganda and disinformation in an attempt to spread misconceptions about the  treatys actual articles. The Weimar Republic came into power shortly after World War I and had the questionable honor of having to hold the country together before, during and  after the Treaty of Versailles was leveled on Germany. The Weimar Republic consisted of several different political parties, all representing those small factions that splintered off from their original parties  during the first war. This brief government was doomed to failure from the beginning, it can be said in hindsight. Consider that the average German citizen blamed Weimar personally  for acquiescing to the contentions of the Treaty. This served as an already volatile atmosphere. Politically, Germany was in a shambles. This can be said to have been reflected in  all the splintered political groups that abounded during this time, all of whom hoped to gain enough popularity with their platforms to be able to secure power over the failing