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To what extent did the Weimar Republic recover after 1923? (Culture (…
To what extent did the Weimar Republic recover after 1923?
Culture
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Art
New Objectivity
Represent everyday life
Harsh
Shocking
George Grosz
Old-style paintings
Bauhaus (-1933)
From Bauhaus design college (Dessau)
Rejected traditional styles
Wassily Kandinsky
Beauty and quality to all
Well-designed &
industrially produced items
Cinema
Economic instability
Atmospheric films
Low-budget sets
‘Expressionist’ style
Exaggerated acting techniques
Darker storylines & themes
Free expression of ideas (no censorship)
Architecture
:frowning_face:
Forced out Weimar by
hostile town officials
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Wandervogel
Help for countryside
Less decadence in cities
Return simple country values
Response
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Moral decline in cities
American immigrants
Jewish artists
Foreign policy
:frowning_face:
Communist attacks on Stresemann
Plot vs. USSR
Nationalist attacks on Stresemann
Cause
Cause
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1925: Locarno Treaties
w/ Poland and Czechoslovakia settle border disputes peacefully
w/ France & Belgium agreed respect post-Versailles borders
1926: Germany accepted into League of Nations
Stresemann tried reverse Treaty sanctions
1928: Kellogg-Briand Pact
Settle disputes peacefully
1929: Young Plan
Lightened reparations
Demilitarisation Rhineland
Politics
:frowning_face:
Chancellor
changed frequently
Lots people opposing each other
Right-wing & Nazis collaborated
Effect on 1926 elections
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Stable
No other revolution after 1923
By 1928, more politicians in favour of Weimar Republic than against
1924-1929: Parties that co-operated in 1918 'revolution' started co-operating again
Economics :moneybag:
:frowning_face:
Hardship :arrow_right: uprisings
Middle class suffered
Precarious boom
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Farmers overproducing
Small businesses threatened
by large department stores
Jews
Wages incorrectly set
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Stresemann
Better prepared than Ebert
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Right-winger
Post-war depression
1924: Dawes Plan
+800M USA loans
Businesses
New technology
Industry
1927: 2nd most productive country
Wages & living standards :arrow_up:
