The Weimar Republic was a hotbed of cultural experimentation. A new history argues that its demise was not inevitable. By Thomas Meaney Thomas Meaney is the editor of Granta. When you purchase an ...
In her latest book, Associate Professor of German Jill Smith explains her frustration at a tendency to oversimplify a key period of twentieth-century European history—and it’s all down to a 1970s ...
Carnegie Hall has announced its 2023-24 performing arts season today, featuring approximately 170 classical, jazz, cabaret, opera, Broadway and other musical performances starting this fall. The ...
Germany’s first democracy, the Weimar Republic of 1919-1933, has long been regarded as a lesson in political failure. Lately, it has also been held up as a cautionary tale for the present. It emerged ...
"We didn’t just want to view Weimar from its ending,” exhibition curator Simone Erpel says Deutsches Historisches Museum/David von Becker When you think of the Weimar Republic, you likely envision a ...