Article 48 was one of the many Weimar Republic's weaknesses. It allowed the Reich to gain authority to rule in case of an emergency, bypassing the elected Reichstag. However it did not state which situations could be considered emergencies. This was abused multiple times by Hindenburg and became the cause of why Hitler "legally" took total control of Germany.
Proportional Representation
Proportional Representation was a democratic electoral system, which allowed multiple parties to be elected by the Reichstag. These usually did not have a clear majority, which meant most parties had to form coalitions. These often disagreed on laws and policies due to their different point of view which made it extremely hard to govern.
Powerful Democracy
Article 1 of the Weimar Republic stated that Germany was to be a democracy. As shown in the picture, for the first time in Germany, women were also able to vote and the voting age was reduced from 25 to 21.
Balanced Constitution
The constitution was carefully made so that no person or group could have too much power. People like the president or the Reichstag still had power and could choose and control various things and people, they just did not have so much power that they could abuse it or use it in a wrong way.
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
The Hireling Shepherd
This is a painting by William Holman Hunt, a leading British Pre-Raphaelite.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
