Weimar:
Life on the Edge of Catastrophe
by Katja
Hoyer (Author) Format: Hardcover
From the
author of the international bestseller Beyond the Wall, a history of interwar
Germany told through the town of Weimar, the cultural capital that was both the
birthplace of the country’s first full democracy and a launchpad for the Nazis.
“Katja
Hoyer is a humane and compassionate writer, and her gripping book is poignant
reading in our present circumstances.” ―Benjamin Carter Hett, author of The
Death of Democracy
The
Central German town of Weimar is perhaps most familiar to non-Germans for
giving its name to the Weimar Republic. After Germany’s inglorious defeat in
World War I, the signing of a new constitution in Weimar marked the nation’s
first experiment with full-fledged democracy. And yet this storied town, long
known as a center of German culture and tradition, was also the place where
Nazis were first welcomed into a local government, a milestone in Adolf
Hitler’s fateful rise to power.
In
Weimar, historian Katja Hoyer examines Weimar as a microcosm for the entire
German nation between the world wars. The Weimar Republic saw a flourishing in
culture and the arts, including the establishment in Weimar of the Bauhaus
school of architecture. But after Hitler seized the chancellorship in 1933, the
town underwent rapid Nazification, with many ordinary Weimarers basking in the
attention they and their town received from the regime and from Hitler
personally.
Combining
gripping narrative with deep historical analysis, Weimar explores both the
political upheavals and the rhythms of daily life in one town, revealing how
fascism took hold first there, and then across the nation.
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