How common was the German desire for revenge for the humiliation of 1918 armistice?
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The feeling of humiliation and shame that the treaty of Versailles imposed was extremely widespread in Germany. Wilson's betrayal, the deemed as too harsh conditions, injured pride and real problems emanating from this treaty's consequences did lead to an urge to reverse it completely, in the moderate parts and to a simpler and more aggressive "revenge!" in less moderate circles. Evidence of often very hostile opposition to this treaty, public protests, popular speeches, commemorative coins, newspaper articles, postcards, the lot. This feeling ran through the entire population to some degrees. This is not something confined to or were coming only from extreme rightwing parties but also from the SPD, supposedly leftwing and representing the workers. From Scheidemann proclaiming that the hand that signs this treaty shall wither to several articles in the party newspaper as well.
Margaret MacMillan: "Paris 1919. Six Months that Changed the World" Random House: New York, 2002, p18.
Or from the official German History Museum:
DHM – LeMo: Der Versailler Vertrag
Further reading: Loretana de Libero: "Rache und Triumph: Krieg, Gefühle und Gedenken in der Moderne", de Gruyter: Berlin, Boston, 2014, esp p 200f.
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