EAN: 9781803284798

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

The prequel to Frank McDonough's bestselling Hitler Years series covering the dramatic period of German history that led to the rise of Hitler in 1933. Established in the wake of Germany's catastrophic defeat in the First World War the Weimar Republic ushered in widespread social reform vibrant culture and the most democratic conditions the German people had ever lived under. At its beginning in 1919 it was a regime that held hope for democracy stability and prosperity in Germany. But it was also beset by economic upheaval and political violence on the left and the right. Ultimately it led to the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor who created a one-party dictatorship that abandoned the rule of law democracy and civil rights. In Gustav Stresemann's words Weimar democracy was 'dancing on a volcano'. The Weimar Years is a vivid and compelling history of the period 1918-1933. Year by year Professor Frank McDonough covers the major personalities events in foreign policy and the music art theatre and literature that flourished during this era. McDonough also places particular focus on the unknown parliamentary history of Weimar arguing that it was the failure of parliamentary democracy to bring stability that eroded public confidence and allowed the power of the elected Reichstag to gradually diminish resulting in Hitler's appointment in January 1933. The Weimar Years is a story of rise and fall as well as a warning sign of how under poor leadership economic pressure and unrelenting political instability a democracy can drift towards a form of authoritarian rule that eventually destroys it.

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