Humanities & Science
History: Germany between the World Wars - Part 1
Course overview
At the end of the First World War, Germany underwent dramatic change. The Kaiser abdicated, and the country emerged from a period of autocratic rule to embark on a bold and (on paper) very progressive experiment in republican democracy. At the same time, the victorious allies of the Great War imposed a punitive peace treaty on Germany at Versailles, reflecting their belief that Germany has caused the war and should pay the price. These changes, together with other factors such as the worldwide economic situation between the wars ushered in a period of social, political and financial turbulence in which Hitler and the Nazis would eventually rise to power.
Course description
In these classes, Simon Gregor will explore these developments between 1918 and around 1936. Part 1 will focus on the democratic experiment of the so-called Weimar Republic between 1918 and the late 1920s. Later, in Part 2 we will turn to the Nazi Party itself, and track its progress from a tiny fringe party in the early 1920s, through to totalitarian control of Germany by the mid 1930s. These sessions will be interactive and involve plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions; most sessions will include a handout of historical sources which we will analyse together.
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