KnowraStab-in-the-back mythLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Stab-in-the-back myth, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 1Related 6Compared with 1Treaty of VersaillesRelated: Nationalists used this myth to condemn the treaty and undermine the republic.ScapegoatingBroader topic: The myth displaced responsibility for defeat onto alleged domestic traitors.Erich LudendorffRelated: Ludendorff helped popularize the myth after Germany’s defeat.Armistice of 11 November 1918Related: The abrupt end of fighting helped fuel myths that Germany had not truly been defeated militarily.Paul von HindenburgRelated: Hindenburg endorsed this narrative, helping discredit the republic’s founding leaders.Friedrich EbertRelated: The myth targeted Ebert and other republicans, undermining trust in the new democratic state.FreikorpsRelated: Freikorps circles often embraced the myth’s nationalist and anti-republican interpretation of defeat.Walther RathenauCompared with: The myth’s antisemitic accusations fed the political climate in which Rathenau was vilified.