The democratic republic that governed Germany between the Empire and the Third Reich, characterized by cultural modernism, severe economic crises, and political instability.
Ended on 23 March 1933 when the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act, granting Chancellor Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers following his appointment as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 and the Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February 1933.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Weimar Republic — the shape you scrub through changes in 1919 · 1925.
Standard scholarly introduction to the Weimar Republic's politics, economy, and cultural life.
Acclaimed social-cultural analysis of the republic's fragile modernity; distinct from the existing title.
First-hand account (written 1939) of ordinary German life through Weimar's collapse and the Nazi seizure of power.
Döblin's modernist epic of Franz Biberkopf navigating crime and poverty in Berlin is the defining novel of Weimar-era Berlin street life.
Isherwood's linked stories of decadent, unraveling Weimar Berlin (basis for Cabaret) are set directly in the republic's final years.