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Degeneration, Sexual Freedom, and the Politics of the Weimar Republic, 1918–1933 Laurie Marhoefer Syracuse University Ideas about hereditary degeneration animated two powerful movements for sexual liberation during the Weimar Republic. One reform won the decriminalization of female prostitution.
- Laurie Marhoefer
In Degeneration and Revolution: Radical Cultural Politics and the Body in Weimar Germany Robert Heynen explores the impact of conceptions of degeneration, exemplified by eugenics and social hygiene, on the social, cultural, and political... See More. Copyright Year: 2015. E-Book (PDF) Availability: Published. ISBN: 978-90-04-27627-7. Publication:
- Robert Heynen
- March 27, 2015
- 2015
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Oct 8, 2020 · The chapter that follows will examine the period from the onset of the world economic crisis in the late 1920s to Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor in January 1933, with specific focus on a series of critical junctures in the history of the late Weimar Republic where the decisions and actions of individual historical actors assumed much greater causal agency than they might otherwise have ...
Aug 2, 2016 · The Weimar Republic, the post–World War I German government named for the German city where it was formed, lasted more than 14 years, but democracy never found firm footing. This chapter explores Germany in the years preceding the Nazis' ascension to power by highlighting efforts to turn a fledgling republic into a strong democracy and ...
Oct 1, 2011 · Abstract. Ideas about hereditary degeneration animated two powerful movements for sexual liberation during the Weimar Republic. One reform won the decriminalization of female prostitution....
The Weimar Republic, [c] officially known as the German Reich, [d] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.
“Degeneration, Sexual Freedom, and the Politics of the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933.” German Studies Review 34 No. 3 (2011): 529-550.
