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2 days ago · The Weimar Republic is so called because the Weimar National Assembly that adopted its constitution met in Weimar from 6 February to 11 August 1919, [11] but the name only became mainstream after 1933. Terminology.
4 days ago · The key contribution of Founding Weimar is to reveal the crucial role of fears, rumours, misrepresentations of reality, and anxiety in the processes of political violence that marred the birth of the Weimar Republic.
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5 days ago · Contrary to popular belief, therefore, it was not the strength of the German right, but its weakness, that imperilled the Weimar Republic (pp. 591–5). Jones’s invaluable monograph illustrates the threat posed by a conservative party that wavers in its commitment to democracy and panders to a radicalised grass-roots base.
2 days ago · Dr Colin Storer. University of Warwick. Citation: Dr Colin Storer, review of The German Right in the Weimar Republic, (review no. 1973) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/1973. Date accessed: 15 May, 2024. The Weimar Republic has long been synonymous in the public mind with political instability, economic crisis and cultural ferment.
2 days ago · The Weimar Republic was always under great pressure from both left-wing and right-wing extremists. The radical left-wing accused the ruling Social Democrats of having betrayed the ideals of the workers' movement by preventing a communist revolution and unleashing the Freikorps on the workers.
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5 days ago · As historians, it is essential to examine the principal weaknesses of the Weimar Republic not merely as a historical curiosity but as a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy and the consequences of failing to address the underlying social, economic, and political issues facing a nation.
1 day ago · How Writers Survived Fascism. By. Gustav Jönsson. The last years of the Weimar Republic are often thought to have witnessed an outpouring of politically engaged literature. But the history is more complicated. Writers more often avoided antagonizing a resurgent right to protect their lives and careers. Our new print issue, centered on the ...
