In the final years of the Weimar Republic, the German left was paralyzed by ideological divisions, by a failure to persuade ...

Steve Benson, the former Arizona Republic cartoonist who skewered a generation of politicians, died at 71.

Parallels between Weimar Germany and our present are too striking to ignore If our country suffers a fate like the Weimar Republic’s, historians will look at the 2020 election as a turning point.

“When you mention the Weimar Republic, what do most people think of? The movie Cabaret,” said Smith, referring to the highly acclaimed 1972 musical period drama set in early 1930s Berlin. This has led ...

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As the First World War ended and Germany had been defeated, paramilitary groups emerged. The Friekorps formed from German soldiers returning home from the war. Their beliefs were nationalist, anti ...

Watch the political obstacles that had faced the likes of Ebert and Stresemann, the devastating impact of the Great Depression, and the dramatic dissolution of the republic with all its vibrant ...

Ninety-two years ago this month, on Monday morning, January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the 15th chancellor of the Weimar Republic. In one of the most astonishing political ...