Posts Tagged ‘Weimar Republic’
Wrapping My Head Around the Weimar Republic, Pt. 5: When Putsch Comes to Shove*
Armed uprisings against the Weimar Republic came from the far right as well as the far left. They often claimed to support “tradition”—a call to Protestantism, family values, or loyalty to the monarchy—but what they had in common was a deep hatred for democracy and a call for an authoritarian alternative to the Weimar Republic.…
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Wrapping My Head Around the Weimar Republic, Pt. 4: The Sparticist Uprising.
The Weimar Republic almost died soon after it began. Conditions were bad in Germany during the first months of the Weimar Republic. Food and fuel shortages continued after the end of the war and many Germans were cold and starving. The economy was in disarray. Unemployment was high, as both the army and the industries…
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Wrapping My Head Around the Weimar Republic, Pt 3: May Day, 1929
If I had more self-discipline, I would wait and tell this story in chronological order, after several other stories from the Weimar Republic that already have a place in my blog post editorial calendar.* But I found this story absolutely amazing when I read it over the course of several days’ articles in the Chicago…
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