workers councils or "soviet" republics; the communist revolutions in Berlin and Munich Red terror — violence of the communist uprisings (see also White Terror) Reichsheer — = army of the Reichswehr Reichswährungskommissar — national currency commissioner Reichswehr — the German armed forces 1921-1934 Rentenmark Miracle — Dr. Hjalmar Schacht issued the Rentenmark which was pegged to the price of gold and had an exchange rate of 4.2 marks per dollar. It ushered in five years (1924–1929) of economic stability and a new period of prosperity for the Weimar Republic. Saupreiss — Prussian swine; Bavarian slang term for Prussians because of their domination of German politics and culture. Der Stahlhelm — (The Steel helmet, League of front-line Soldiers); the largest of the paramilitary Freikorps organizations that arose after World War I. It was an accumulation point for nationalistic and anti-Weimar Republic elements. Schloss — castle Battle of the Schloss — The Volksmarine Division led by Lt. Dorrenbach seized the Kaiser's castle and stables which defeated an army unit sent to dislodge them. Vertrauensmann — low-level political agent; Reichswehr sent agents to infiltrate political parties; The Bavarian unit sent Hitler as a Vertrauensmann to the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. von — an aristocratic appellation to German names, though it does not always signify that class. Also as vom, the unindicated contraction of von dem, meaning "from the". Wahlkreise — Weimar electoral districts. Wehrkreis — military districts within Weimar Germany Weimar Coalition — the first solid majoritarian parties; the Social Democratic Party (37.9%), the Catholic Center Party (19.7%), the liberal Democratic Party (18.6%). Wehrverbände — volunteer defense units White terror — violence of the counter-revolutionary and anti-communist forces, i.e. the Freikorps. (see also Red Terror) Young Plan — the new reparations agreement negotiated by Gustav Stresemann at The Hague; anti-Young coalition — Alfred Hugenberg with the Nationalist Party; Stahlhelm; the Pan-German League and Dr. Schacht of the Reichsbank; the campaign began in September 1929. Zusammenstösse — clashes, gang fights; the brawls between the various political paramilitary groups See also Weimar political parties Weimar paramilitary groups Glossary of the Third Reich Further reading Halperin, S. William. Germany Tried Democracy: A Political History of the Reich from 1918 to 1933 (1946) online. Weimar Republic Weimar Republic Wikipedia glossaries using unordered lists