John Fredrick Parker
Donor
OK, I've been brushing against this point in recent threads, so I thought I'd ask it outright -- what is the latest PoD that can save the Weimar Republic? (By "save", say Germany remains a democratic republic until at least 1940.) I've got some ideas --
Prior to 1919 -- the Republic was doomed from the offset
1919-23 -- after the troubles of 1923 (hyper-inflation, French occupation, the Putsch, etc), the fall was inevitable
1920 -- the Republic might have survived, but you have to kill Hitler early, prior to his rise to party prominence
1925 -- the Republic was doomed the when Hindenburg won the election of this year (or has to die prior to the next election in 1932)
1924 -- killing Hitler around this time (after the Putsch, before Mein Keimf) would save the Republic (assume Election of 1925 goes as OTL)
1926-29 -- a PoD after said election, but the fall became inevitable the moment the Depression hit
1930-31 -- the early years of the Depression were the last chance for the Republic to save itself
1932-33 -- Hindenburg could still have saved the Republic by either not running for re-election or not appointing Hitler to the Chancellorship
After 1933 -- even with Hitler's elevation, the Republic was plausibly salvageable (to keep things clear, assume the Chancellorship lasts at least a year)
Prior to 1919 -- the Republic was doomed from the offset
1919-23 -- after the troubles of 1923 (hyper-inflation, French occupation, the Putsch, etc), the fall was inevitable
1920 -- the Republic might have survived, but you have to kill Hitler early, prior to his rise to party prominence
1925 -- the Republic was doomed the when Hindenburg won the election of this year (or has to die prior to the next election in 1932)
1924 -- killing Hitler around this time (after the Putsch, before Mein Keimf) would save the Republic (assume Election of 1925 goes as OTL)
1926-29 -- a PoD after said election, but the fall became inevitable the moment the Depression hit
1930-31 -- the early years of the Depression were the last chance for the Republic to save itself
1932-33 -- Hindenburg could still have saved the Republic by either not running for re-election or not appointing Hitler to the Chancellorship
After 1933 -- even with Hitler's elevation, the Republic was plausibly salvageable (to keep things clear, assume the Chancellorship lasts at least a year)