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AnswerWhen Germany was first established as a nation-state in 1871, it was given, on paper, a form of respresentative government with a parliament - the Reichstag. However, the adminstration saw itself as answerable to the Kaiser (Emperor) and the emperors looked on members of the administation rather like personal household servants. The Germany of 1871-1918 was a curious hybrid, being a cross between an absolute monarchy and a democracy.

Key areas of policy, especially foreign policy and the military were very largely beyond parliamentary scrutiny.

Until 1908 in much of the country anyone holding a political meeting of more than 50 (fifty) persons had to obtain prior permission from the police! Open air political meetings were prohibited and anyone making fun of the Emperor (for example, in a cartoon) could be sent to prison for insulting the monarchy. Conditions such as these discouraged the growth of democratic political life.

At the end of World War 1 this cumbersome system collapsed and Germany acquired a parliamentary democracy, often referred to as the Weimar Republic. However, the republic did not enjoy the level of support necessary for it to survive adversity.

Moreover, many voters associated the republic with defeat and with socialism. They yearned for the firm hand of authoritarian government, which they of course got in 1933.

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