After World War I Germany recognized its first democratic government, the Weimar Republic lasting from 1918 to 1933 was a surprisingly long period considering its turbulent start. The November Revolution saw the election of soldiers' and workers' councils similar to those of the Russian Revolution of 1917, spread across Germany like wildfire and in turn divided the country before a democracy could even be established, however, the German republic was established on 9 November 1918. From that point on the Weimar Republic was on an unstable and insecure path and that is why it is one of the most important historical periods in Germany; it was the first German form of non-imperial government and government, and its collapse in 1933 paved the way for the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. For these reasons, endless works on the Weimar Republic have been published, and the outpouring of post-World War II literature focuses on the collapse of the Weimar Republic and how the Nazi Party came to power. However, to understand why the debate on the Golden Age of the Weimar Republic is interesting and lacking in historical works, it is crucial to examine the historiography of the Weimar Republic as a whole. Furthermore, to understand why historians focus on other periods of Weimar history, especially the aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles and the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash in 1928 that led to its collapse. Many historians in the period 1970-2000 attempted to write a comprehensive account of the Weimar Republic and very few succeeded, however, EJ Feuchtwanger's "From Weimar to Hitler", published in 1993, is one of the most successful overviews published. Feuchtwanger excellently examines the high politics of the Weimar period......middle of paper......of Carsten and similar historians writing at the time is that the far left was not as politically strong as thought initially, so as a result serious opposition to the established order was lacking and, in turn, they were granted greater independence and self-determination in the implementation of the first German republic. The social basis for constitutional government in Germany was therefore much more widespread than previously thought. Furthermore, the apprehension of the Social Democrats can be interpreted in terms of distrust in the unstructured mass movements that existed in the urgent post-war years, and of trust in the old elites. However, works such as Feldman's, "The Great Disorder." The German Inflation 1914-1924 argues that the prospect of the representative potential of soldiers and trade unions and workers' councils was actually decidedly controversial