The Weimar Republic would have continued as a functioning government much longer than expected but for the defeat in World War I, the economic burdens imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, and the Article 48 defective. all of this contributed to the failure of Germany's first attempt at legitimate democracy. This article will argue that societal, economic, and constitutional aspects all played a role in Germany's desperate attempt at democracy that ultimately led Germany to a totalitarian state that would further shake the world with the rise of the NSDAP and of Adolf Hitler. The defeat in World War I was not only the beginning of the Weimar Republic, but could also be seen as a catalyst for its downfall. During the latter stages of World War I, German citizens truly felt the burden and discontent of war. At that time, there were vast food shortages, very low wages, while unemployment skyrocketed. Most German men had gone to fight, leaving a huge gap in the workforce for women to fill. This could be seen as a crisis of classical modernity as Germany was perhaps not ready for this form of forced modernism where women played a larger role than just a housewife. Citizens and politicians, now awakened from their hopes of "breaking their self-inflicted international isolation", began to tease the idea of ​​a peaceful country and a role in contributing to peace. world economy (Peukert, 1987; 24). Ludendorff's demands of September 29, 1918 accepted Wilson's fourteen points and created a new government (Peukert, 1987: 26). Ludendorff's hidden agenda was to rid conservative and military leaders of responsibility for their failed war and place the blame on Parliament (Peuke...... middle of paper ...... was revised or l he state of emergency was defined Hitler may not have risen to such power and humanity may not have seen its darkest days Some of the reasons that doomed the Weimar Republic were. the defeat in World War I, the economic difficulties caused by the Treaty of Versailles and the famous Article 48 of the Treaty of Weimar Constitution This article effectively argued that community difficulties, constitutional flaws and the poor economy all played a role. role in the impossible attempt at democracy in Germany after the First World War. Works cited Peukert, Detlev JK The Weimar Republic: Hilll and Wang, 1987. .Wheeler-Bennett, Sir John "The end of the Weimar Republic Affairs." Foreign, 2004: 352-371. Wilde, Marc from “The state of emergency in the Weimar Republic; legal disputes over Article 48 of the Weimar Republic. " Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis, 2010: 136-158.