Introduction : Prussia, Germany and the crucible of war -- Timeline -- Years of crisis, 1918-23 -- The struggle for moderation : Weimar political culture -- The great inflation and Weimar economics -- Revisionism and the search for stability : Weimar foreign policy -- Weimar society and culture -- Crisis and collapse, 1929-33 -- Did Weimar fail?
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It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar Republic. The brief fourteen-year period of democracy between the Treaty of Versailles and the advent of the Third Reich was marked by unstable government, economic crisis and hyperinflation and the rise of extremist political movements. At the same time, however, a vibrant cultural scene flourished, which continues to influence the international art world through the aesthetics of Expressionism and the Bauhaus movement. In the fields of art, literature, theatre, cinema, music and architecture - no.