Deutsches Reich Weimar Verfassunggebende Deutsche Nationalversammlung - 1919

DEUTSCHES REICH (WEIMAR) issued stationery (postcard) announcing the German National Constitutional Assembly (Verfassunggebende Deutsche Nationalversammlung) in 1919. Different postcards were printed to commemorate the Assembly. This particular card was designed by German Expessionist artist Max Thalmann. It was affixed with previous Imperial Germany stamps. The standard postmarked stated "Weimar Verfassunggebende Deutsche Nationalversammlung," and it was dated on 2 June 1919.

The Weimar National Assembly (German: Weimarer Nationalversammlung), officially the German National Constitutional Assembly (Verfassunggebende Deutsche Nationalversammlung), was the popularly elected constitutional convention and de facto parliament of Germany from 6 February 1919 to 21 May 1920. As part of its duties as the interim government, it debated and reluctantly approved the Treaty of Versailles that codified the peace terms between Germany and the victorious Allies of World War I. The Assembly drew up and approved the Weimar Constitution that was in force from 1919 to 1933 (and technically until the end of Nazi rule in 1945). With its work completed, the National Assembly was dissolved on 21 May 1920. Following the election of 6 June 1920, the new Reichstag met for the first time on 24 June 1920, taking the place of the Assembly. 

 

The elections for the National Assembly were the first held in Germany after the introduction of women's suffrage and the lowering of the legal voting age from 25 to 20 years. Together the changes raised the number of eligible voters by around 20 million. The turnout was 83%, a slightly lower percentage than in the last Reichstag elections in 1912, but a much greater absolute turnout due to the expanded suffrage. Among women the turnout was 90%. The Communist Party of Germany (KPD), founded in December 1918, boycotted the elections.


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