Barmat scandal

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-05676, Berlin, Urteilsverkündung im Barmatprozess.jpg|thumb|Passing court judgment on Julius and Henry Barmat in 1928]]

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-05676, Berlin, Urteilsverkündung im Barmatprozess.jpg|thumb|Passing court judgment on Julius and Henry Barmat in 1928]]

The '''Barmat scandal''' ({{langx|de|Barmat-Skandal}}) was a [[political scandal]] that occurred in the [[Weimar Republic]] in 1925. The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD), and to a lesser extent the [[Centre Party (Germany)|German Centre Party]], were implicated in acts of [[Political corruption|corruption]], [[war profiteering]], [[fraud]], [[bribery]], and other [[Misconduct|financial misconduct]] with German Jewish ([[Ashkenazi]]) businessman Julius Barmat between 1918 and 1924. High-ranking SPD officials and a Centre Party [[Minister (government)|minister]] were investigated and publicly accused of misconduct in an investigation by the [[Landtag of Prussia|Prussian Landtag]].

The '''Barmat scandal''' ({{langx|de|Barmat-Skandal}}) was a [[political scandal]] that occurred in the [[Weimar Republic]] in 1925. The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD), and to a lesser extent the [[Centre Party (Germany)|German Centre Party]], were implicated in acts of [[Political corruption|corruption]], [[war profiteering]], [[fraud]], [[bribery]], and other [[Misconduct|financial misconduct]] with German Jewish ([[Ashkenazi]]) businessman [[Julius Barmat]] between 1918 and 1924. High-ranking SPD officials and a Centre Party [[Minister (government)|minister]] were investigated and publicly accused of misconduct in an investigation by the [[Landtag of Prussia|Prussian Landtag]].

The Barmat scandal was a major political affair in Germany and provided the German [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] with a basis for attacking the SPD and the Weimar Republic itself. [[Gustav Bauer]], the former [[Chancellor of Germany]], was forced to resign his seat in the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]] for his involvement. The scandal damaged the SPD's reputation in the run-up to the [[1925 German presidential election]] and contributed to right-wing candidate [[Paul von Hindenburg]] being elected [[President of Germany]].

The Barmat scandal was a major political affair in Germany and provided the German [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] with a basis for attacking the SPD and the Weimar Republic itself. [[Gustav Bauer]], the former [[Chancellor of Germany]], was forced to resign his seat in the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]] for his involvement. The scandal damaged the SPD's reputation in the run-up to the [[1925 German presidential election]] and contributed to right-wing candidate [[Paul von Hindenburg]] being elected [[President of Germany]].