1. Weimar Republic: The Golden Years Week 9, November 25

2. Weimar periodization 1)Inflation, 1918-1923 2)Normalization, 1923-1928/29 3)Depression, 1928/29-1933

3. Gustav Stresemann, 1878-1929 (with his friend W. von Rheinhaben)

4. 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

5. Wandervogel movement (youth hiking groups)

6. 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

7. The New Woman

8. Gay bar in Berlin (Eldorado)

9. New housing settlements The White City, Bln- Reinickendorf

10. Hufeisensiedlung, Bruno Taut (1925-30)

11. Various inhabitants… in front of the house where Eichmann lived 34- 39 Erich Mühsam, the anarchist

12. The White City, 1929-31, Martin Salvisberg

13. Berlin: A Symphony of a Metropolis http://vimeo.com/14998853