What was the Dolchstoss myth?

Answer 1

The social theory prevalent in Germany post-WWI that spread the idea of domestic betrayal. Stated that Germany lost the war not because the army was not strong enough to continue fighting, but because the Jews, communists, and socialists had "Stabbed Germany in the Back" and not allowed them to continue fighting. Blamed the Treaty of Versailles and economic depression on the leaders of the Weimar Republic. Considered an important factor in Hitler and the Third Reich's rise to power.

Answer 2

The Dolchstoss myth, or stab-in-the-back myth, was a belief widely held in post-World War I Germany that the German Army did not actually lose the war on the battlefield but was betrayed by civilians, Marxists, and Jews on the home front. This myth contributed to the undermining of the Weimar Republic and the rise of extremist ideologies like Nazism.