Two manuscripts in one book:br The Weimar Republic: A Captivating Guide to the History of Germany Between the End of World War I and Rise of the Nazi Erabr The Treaty of Versailles: A Captivating Guide to the Peace Treaty That Ended World War 1 and Its Impact on Germany and the Rise of Adolf Hitlerbr How he legally became a dictator by using a democratic process?br Or what were the events that led up to his reign of terror?br The answers lie in the Weimar Republic. Amid the devastation of World War I, Germany’s monarchy provided no answers. A democratic government seemed the only way to appease Allied nations and solve the many disasters that were already at the country’s doorstep.