In completing a circular, 17-day tour of Germany recently, it was impossible not to observe the meticulous beauty of the ...

The excerpt that has been published has been taken from the opening pages. But this book is truly worth reading.

The Act, innocuously titled ‘The Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Reich’, was passed by Reichstag (German ...

Adolf Hitler was a master of manufacturing public-security crises to advance his authoritarian agenda. He used inflammatory ...

Hindenburg added that he also had no intention of “inserting Reich Governors into the business of state governments.” Still, rumors of Hitler’s designs on Bavaria’s sovereign authority ...

Hindenburg assured Schäffer that even if the state government were not politically aligned with the Reich, he had “no intention of installing Reich governors in states where order prevails.” ...

Richard Scully, 'Hindenburg: The Cartoon Titan of the Weimar Republic, 1918-1934' (German Studies Review, 35/3, 2012) ...

Anna von der Goltz of Georgetown University, Washington DC Related links: ‘The Not-so-Sudden Death of Weimar Democracy’ by Anna von der Goltz - American-German Institute, February 27, 2023 ...

In May 1937, the Hindenburg suddenly burst into flames, killing thirty-five and the dream of commercial airship travel. “Oh, the humanity and all the passengers screaming around here. I told you ...

The fate of the first German Republic is a question of great contemporary interest: if the causes of its disintegration are properly analysed, they may provide valuable pointers to the weaknesses of ...

He would be dead a year later but, in doing so, he opened the path to catastrophe for Germany and the world. Frank McDonough is author of The Weimar Years: Rise and Fall 1918-1933 (Apollo, £12.99) ...