Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Note: This is for a class discussion post QUESTION: The Imperial German Government collapsed during the Revolution in November 1918- the Kaiser and his family even fled to Holland. Both the Communists and the National Socialists hated the new Weimar Republic. Why? Read chapters 5 & 6 and explain why these parties, but especially the Nazis, resented the Weimar Republic and the Versailles Treaty. What did they propose instead?