Weimar : life on the edge of catastrophe
Hoyer, Katja2026
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Weimar looms large in German history: a crucible of democracy and dictatorship. This ancient town nestled in the heart of the country was home to some of Europe's greatest thinkers, Goethe and Schiller, Liszt and Nietzsche among them. It gave its name to the ambitious Weimar Republic crafted in the aftermath of the First World War. But it was also where fascism took hold. Where Bauhaus architects first experimented with new ways of living, Buchenwald was dug out of a beech forest. This book shows us a town and its people on the edge of catastrophe. Drawing on a wealth of new archival research, historian Katja Hoyer takes us from 1919 to 1939 as she tells the stories of the men and women who lived through the new republic and Hitler's regime. We encounter a vividly drawn cast of characters, from bookbinder Carl Weirich and hotel owners Rosa and Arthur Schmidt, to Friedrich Nietzsche's sister Elisabeth.
Main title:
Weimar : life on the edge of catastrophe / Katja Hoyer.
Author:
Hoyer, Katja, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2026.
Collation:
480 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780241681244 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
943.085
Language:
English
Subject:
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany) -- History -- 20th centuryWeimar (Thuringia, Germany) -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryWeimar (Thuringia, Germany) -- Civilization -- 20th centuryWeimar (Thuringia, Germany) -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryGermany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945History
BRN:
9097981