Weimar Republic: The Golden Years Week 9, November 25
Weimar periodization 1)Inflation, )Normalization, /29 3)Depression, 1928/
Gustav Stresemann, (with his friend W. von Rheinhaben)
Weimar foreign politics Rapallo 1922 Dawes plan 1924 –> organized the post WW1 reparations in a new, non- punitive way –> replaced by Young plan in 1929 Locarno 1925 Entry to the League of Nations 1926
Wandervogel movement (youth hiking groups)
Youth and Weimar Conflicts with authority Many grew up without fathers or with absent parents New offers of spare time -> Hiking groups; sports; movies “Comradely love” Often moving towards more radical parties
The New Woman
Gay bar in Berlin (Eldorado)
New housing settlements The White City, Bln- Reinickendorf
Hufeisensiedlung, Bruno Taut ( )
Various inhabitants… in front of the house where Eichmann lived Erich Mühsam, the anarchist
The White City, , Martin Salvisberg
Berlin: A Symphony of a Metropolis