Promise and tragedyengages every major facet of weimar life from 1918 to 1933politics, economics, culture, and society, and the connections among them. Richard evans, the coming of the third reich, the third reich in power, the third reich at war. Eric weitzs weimar germany reveals the weimar era as a time of strikingly progressive achievementsand even greater promise. The sdp was running germany, and they resolved to create a new constitution and republic. Party and the provisional president of the german reichstag government, signs a new constitution, known as the weimar constitution. Keyword title author subject isbnissn all ishare libraries local catalog only search options. A global history of nations and human rights from the age of revolution to the present. The majority of the book is dedicated to studying weimars vivacious.
The bitter creativity of art and culture in weimar germany dr jacqueline strecker 1718 september 2014 lecture summary. Promise and tragedy is an impressive work, interesting, well researched and creatively written. Weimar germany promise and tragedy pdf weimar germany. In addition to the analysis provided by each months feature, origins will also include images, maps, graphs and other material to complement the essay. The economic stagnation led to increased demands on germany to repay the debts owed to the united states. Promise and tragedy offers a fascinating account of germanys interwar experiment with democracy. Promise and tragedy offers a fascinating account of germany s interwar experiment with democracy. In each issue of origins, an academic expert will analyze a particular current issue political, cultural, or social in a larger, deeper context.
Promise and tragedy princeton, 2007, entire book 368 pp. Weitzs account does much to clarify and complicate that image. Weimar germany still fascinates us, and now this complex and remarkably creative period and place has the history it deserves. With a rich thematic narrative and detailed portraits of some of weimars greatest figures, this comprehensive history recaptures the. Cynthia tilden, german middle class selfperception in the weimar republic. Comrades, welcome in the german republic, welcome in the homeland, which has yearned for you. Walter barthold, new york law journal between 1918 and. The weimar republic additional resources facing history. He presents a case history worthy of study by lawyers of this century. Promise and tragedy new and expanded edition eric d. The disaster of the weimar republic is one of the great tragedies of history.
The weimar republic was severely affected by the great depression. In 1919 at weimar and versailles, great national leaders with some of the best expert advisors of the day met to establish a new and better system for germany and the world. In the pre world war i period, only men twentyfive years of age and older had the right. Section 1 the weimar republic kjhdskjhv kaiser wilhelm i during the first world war of 19141918, germany was run by the kaiser king. Political denunciation in the gestapo case files textbook. Putsch story, trial and hitlers speech in a bit more detail. This was duly created, based at weimar because the conditions in berlin were unsafe, but problems with the allies demands in the treaty of versailles produced a rocky path, which only got worse in the early 1920s as reparations helped hyperinflation and impending economic collapse. Weitz of the university of minnesota fills in the details. Promise and tragedy and a century of genocide both princeton. He presents germany s first experiment with democracy, the fourteen years of the weimar republic, as a dramatic tale of possibility, contingency, innovation, and catastrophe in which germans negotiated a tensionbound world of modernity p. Thoroughly uptodate, skillfully written, and strikingly illustrated, weimar germany brings to life an era of unmatched creativity in the twentieth centuryone whose influence and inspiration still.
National bolshevism in weimar germany alliance of political extremes against democracy by abraham ascher and guenter lewy jl he share which both the nationalist right and the communist left had in bringing about the downfall of weimar democracy has been generally recognized by students of german history. Eric weitzsweimar germanyreveals the weimar era as a time of strikingly progressive achievementsand even greater promise. The bitter creativity of art and culture in weimar germany. This contextualization is very important for a reader trying to engage with weimar germany. Read weimar germany pdf promise and tragedy new and expanded edition by eric weitz princeton university press weimar germany. Weimar germany eric weitz pdf promise and tragedy new and. Weitz helps the reader understand how and why the fragile, complex, and tense culture of weimar germany motivated these thinkers. The weimar republic was germanys first democracy, a state in which elected representatives had real power.
We will have no textbook that provides an overarching interpretation of germany during the twentiethcentury. Based on a careful reading of court files, this investigation reveals a rich and often ambiguous repertoire of perceptions and. Politics, culture and the emplotment of the german republic, german history, volume 28, issue 4, december 2010, pages 542571. The crisis of classical modernity 1989, and, of course, peter gays magisterial weimar culture. If you have access to this journal as a benefit of membership in the sponsoring organization, log in through the member link in the right column. The weimar republic and the rise of the nazis fall 2016. As the weimar republic was very fragile in all its existence, the depression was devastating, and played a. The kaiser was in charge of the government and the army. Promise and tragedy weimar germany still speaks to us, as eric weitz puts it at the outset of his book.
A family affair looks at family dynamics from a family systems perspective and examines how those dynamics are affected by chemical dependency. Weitz clearly has a passion for weimar germany, and for weimar berlin in particular. Reviewing these volumes in conjunction has not been easy since they are so diverse in type and purpose. Attendance and drop policy need to rewrite attendance will be taken at the beginning of all classes. With a rich thematic narrative and detailed portraits of some of weimar s greatest figures. Course reading packet available in the history office. Popular histories frequently depict weimar as a foredoomed bohemian interlude between prussian militarism and nazi tyranny. Some chapters are pretty abstruse, but it is well worth reading, and. Princeton, new jersey, princeton university press, 2007. This lecture explores many of the iconic images we associate with the art and culture of berlin in the 1920s which represent both the will to modernity. His competition includes, to name only the bestknown titles, hans mommsens the rise and fall of weimar democracy 1996, detlev peukerts the weimar republic. Bernd widdig, culture and inflation in weimar germany university of. Eric weitz, a distinguished professor of history and past dean of humanities and arts at city college of new york, specializes in modern german and european history.
Weitz read 22 jan 2009 this is an account of the time of the weimar republic, and discusses it rather than tells its history. The government decisions were made by the chancellor but the kaiser chose who the chancellor. In this survey of the german weimar era that is both open to a nonacademic audience and helpful to scholars, weitz offers a wellwritten and engaging look into a vibrant, bygone age. I draw on an array of contemporary written, visual, and sonoral sources, as well as the very rich work in history and other scholarly disciplines. Weimar germany promise and tragedy pdf half price books free shipping promo code, weimar germany. An excellent resource for revisionist historians or those just wanting to know about the conditions in weimar germany that gave rise to national socialism and bolshevismdemonstrates clearly that the communist revolutionaries had all of europe as their bloodthirsty goalthe connexions to the attacks we see today on national sovereignty and white christian ethnicity and culture are. Weitz offers a timely addition to the growing array of historical surveys of the weimar republic. In strict terms, the weimar republic lasted from the summer of 1919, when the.