Weimar Germany
Death of a Democracy
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2026
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
9781399618434 (ISBN)
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
9781399618434 (ISBN)
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The definitive account of how Germany's interwar republic led to the birth of Nazism
In the years after World War One Berlin was, as Vladimir Nabokov described it, a place 'of dangerous glamour and worldliness, of tawdry cynicism, where art and riot flourished side by side.'
The Weimar Republic was Germany's postwar experiment with democracy, and a time of unprecedented cultural, intellectual and artistic freedom. Berlin was at the cutting edge of quantum physics and psychoanalysis; its nightlife showcased grand opera and dissolute cabaret. Bauhaus architecture and modernist painting flourished, and it rivalled Hollywood as a capital of film. But beneath the glamour was a deeply polarised society of extremes plagued by economic disasters, populist leaders fuelling culture wars, and an uneasy political settlement that would soon spawn the horrors of Nazism.
Covering fifteen years from the end of the First World War to Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in 1933, WEIMAR GERMANY tells the definitive story of Germany's interwar republic and descent into fascism. Featuring an extraordinary cast of characters including Vladimir Nabokov, Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, Adolf Hitler, Billy Wilder, Thomas Mann, Joseph Goebbels, Christopher Isherwood, and Rosa Luxemburg, WEIMAR GERMANY is a gripping and evocative account of how the fledgling German democracy died.
In the years after World War One Berlin was, as Vladimir Nabokov described it, a place 'of dangerous glamour and worldliness, of tawdry cynicism, where art and riot flourished side by side.'
The Weimar Republic was Germany's postwar experiment with democracy, and a time of unprecedented cultural, intellectual and artistic freedom. Berlin was at the cutting edge of quantum physics and psychoanalysis; its nightlife showcased grand opera and dissolute cabaret. Bauhaus architecture and modernist painting flourished, and it rivalled Hollywood as a capital of film. But beneath the glamour was a deeply polarised society of extremes plagued by economic disasters, populist leaders fuelling culture wars, and an uneasy political settlement that would soon spawn the horrors of Nazism.
Covering fifteen years from the end of the First World War to Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in 1933, WEIMAR GERMANY tells the definitive story of Germany's interwar republic and descent into fascism. Featuring an extraordinary cast of characters including Vladimir Nabokov, Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, Adolf Hitler, Billy Wilder, Thomas Mann, Joseph Goebbels, Christopher Isherwood, and Rosa Luxemburg, WEIMAR GERMANY is a gripping and evocative account of how the fledgling German democracy died.
Victor Sebestyen is the internationally acclaimed author of TWELVE DAYS (W&N, 2006), REVOLUTION 1989 (W&N, 2009), LENIN THE DICTATOR (W&N 2017) and BUDAPEST (W&N, 2022). He was born in Budapest. He was a child when his family left Hungary as refugees. As a journalist, he worked for numerous British newspapers, including the Evening Standard, Daily Mail and The Times. He reported widely from Eastern Europe when Communism collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. He covered the wars in former Yugoslavia and the breakup of the Soviet Union. At the Evening Standard he was foreign editor, media editor and chief leader writer. He was an associate editor of Newsweek.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.9.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| ISBN-13 | 9781399618434 / 9781399618434 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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