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German delegates met with the representatives of the Allies at Compiénge and signed the contract that ended four years of war.
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members of the Spartacist Union held their first congress in Beriln
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members of the Horse Guards of the army murdered Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
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The politicians of the Republic who were faced with the 'war guilt' clause attempted to have it dropped from the final treaty. The Allies, however, did not want to compromise, and on 28 June 1919 the treaty was signed without change.
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Legal expert, scholar and liberal, Hugo Preuss, wrote the first draft of the constitution. He attempted to build on the ways of German politics as well as balance power between the different groups of the state. After much debate, the constitution was adopted on 31 July 1919
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Anton Drexler, Gottfried Feder and Dietrich Eckart formed the German Workers's Party (GPW) in Munich. The German Army was worried that it was a left-wing revolutionary group and sent Adolf Hitler, one of its education officers, to spy on the organization
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The 25-point Programmewas the political program of the German National Socialist Party
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On 13 March, 5,000 troops from the brigade seized governent buildiings from Berlin
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the price of a loaf of bread reached 201 000 000 000 marks, when just two years ago it was 4 marks.
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Hitler in gaol at Landau Prison. Writes Mien Kampf durring his 9 months in prison