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The last winter of the Weimar Republic : the rise of the Third Reich / Rüdiger Barth and Hauke Friederichs ; translated by Caroline Waight.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover editionDescription: 406 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781643133331
  • 1643133330
Other title:
  • Rise of the Third Reich
Uniform titles:
  • Totengräber. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The gravediggers -- Opening credits: The lie of the land -- The brink: 17 November to 1 December 1932 -- The plan: 2 to 15 December 1932 -- Silent night: 16 December 1932 to 1 January 1933 -- In the maelstrom: 2 to 29 January 1933 -- Taking power: 30 January 1933 -- Closing credits.
Summary: November 1932. With the German economy in ruins and street battles raging between rival political parties, the Weimar Republic is on its last legs. In the halls of the Reichstag, party leaders scramble for power and influence as the elderly president, Paul von Hindenburg, presides over a democracy pushed to the breaking point. Chancellors Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher spin a web of intrigue, vainly hoping to harness the growing popularity of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party while reining in its most extreme elements. These politicians struggle for control of a turbulent city where backroom deals and frightening public rallies alike threaten the country's fragile democracy, with terrifying consequences for both Germany and the rest of the world.--Amazon
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A thrilling day-by-day account of the final months of the Weimar Republic, documenting the collapse of democracy in Germany and Hitler's frightening rise to power.

November 1932. With the German economy in ruins and street battles raging between rival political parties, the Weimar Republic is on its last legs. In the halls of the Reichstag, party leaders scramble for power and influence as the elderly president, Paul von Hindenburg, presides over a democracy pushed to the breaking point. Chancellors Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher spin a web of intrigue, vainly hoping to harness the growing popularity of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party while reining in its most extreme elements. These politicians struggle for control of a turbulent city where backroom deals and frightening public rallies alike threaten the country's fragile democracy, with terrifying consequences for both Germany and the rest of the world.

In The Last Winter of the Weimar Republic , Barth and Friedrichs have drawn on a wide array of primary sources to produce a colorful, multi-layered portrait of a period that was by no means predestined to plunge into the abyss, and which now seems disturbingly familiar.

In English, translated from the German.

Originally published in German as Die Totengräber : der letzte Winter der Weimarer Republik.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-385) and index.

November 1932. With the German economy in ruins and street battles raging between rival political parties, the Weimar Republic is on its last legs. In the halls of the Reichstag, party leaders scramble for power and influence as the elderly president, Paul von Hindenburg, presides over a democracy pushed to the breaking point. Chancellors Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher spin a web of intrigue, vainly hoping to harness the growing popularity of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party while reining in its most extreme elements. These politicians struggle for control of a turbulent city where backroom deals and frightening public rallies alike threaten the country's fragile democracy, with terrifying consequences for both Germany and the rest of the world.--Amazon

The gravediggers -- Opening credits: The lie of the land -- The brink: 17 November to 1 December 1932 -- The plan: 2 to 15 December 1932 -- Silent night: 16 December 1932 to 1 January 1933 -- In the maelstrom: 2 to 29 January 1933 -- Taking power: 30 January 1933 -- Closing credits.

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