Gustav Stresemann and the Weimar Republic - The Failure of Germany's First Democracy

This historical documentary argues that Germany's first democracy didn't have to fail. Gustav Stresemann became chancellor when the young Weimar Republic was plunged into chaos in the year of crises 1923. Even though Germany was still suffering from the consequences of a lost war and the Treaty of Versailles, the republic experienced a period of relative stability until 1929.