Weimar Germany - Victor Sebestyen

The Weimar Republic was Germany's postwar experiment with democracy, and a time of unprecedented cultural, intellectual and artistic freedom. Berlin was at the cutting edge of quantum physics and psychoanalysis; its nightlife showcased grand opera and dissolute cabaret. Bauhaus architecture and modernist painting flourished, and it rivalled Hollywood as a capital of film.But beneath the glamour was a deeply polarised society of extremes plagued by economic disasters, populist leaders fuelling culture... Zobrazit více