The voting system used meant that many small parties were elected. In an emergency, the President could take control of Germany and so a dictatorship could develop. This type of government created ...

Those who draw a line from today to that infamous historical moment when democracy slid into authoritarianism are missing a ...

Any account of Germany’s economically embattled, politically fractured and culturally avant-garde Weimar Republic is haunted ...

Otto Dix, a painter labeled “degenerate” by the Nazis, refused to flatter his subjects — but they agreed to sit for him anyway.

Greg Jenner is joined in 20th-century Germany by Dr Bodie Ashton and comedian Jordan Gray to learn all about LGBTQ life during the Weimar Republic. Show more Greg Jenner is joined in 20th-century ...

The current geopolitical context is pushing the Weimar Triangle of France, Germany and Poland to prioritise defence and security. On the occasion of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 22 April ...

After Germany’s defeat in World War I, the Weimar Republic replaced the imperial government of Kaiser Wilhelm II. It represented a seemingly welcome change in both Germany’s political and ...