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  By the end of 1918, the Germany and all her allies or friends had been defeated.  Public opinion in Germany, however, blamed the defeat of their country on the German Emperor Kaiser William II and therefore, the popular feeling was that he should be overthrown.  As a result of such feelings and also due to the inspiration from the 1917 Russian revolution, the Social Democrats in Germany organized a revolution in November 1918 , which overthrew Kaiser William II and forced him into exile to Holland. Later in February 1919 , the National Assembly or parliament decided to meet in the German town of Weimar and proclaimed or declared Germany a Republic with a new drafted constitution known as the Weimar Constitution.   The Social Democratic Party leader Friedrich Ebert became the first President of this new Weimar Republican government up.  This government stayed in power until January 1933 when President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as a Chancellor. FAC...

  The Weimar Republic helped to fill the power vacuum that was created after the abdication of Kaiser William II after World War I. On 9 th November 1918, Kaiser William II abdicated or left the throne and escaped to Holland following the defeat of Germany in World War I by the Allied Powers. The establishment of the Weimar Republic therefore saved Germany from the internal chaos or disorder immediately after World War I that had been created by the political vacuum left behind by Kaiser William II. It signed the Versailles Peace Treaty of 1919 on behalf of Germany. This was a treaty that ended World War I and it was signed between Germany and the Allied Powers that included Britain, France, Russia and USA among others. Although the terms of this treaty were generally unfair to Germany, it marked the end of World War I which promoted peace in Germany and Europe as a whole between 1919 and 1933. Similarly, the Weimar Republic attempted to promote internal stability during its reig...