Need book recc on Weimar Republic...
by Brahms (2026-07-15 06:44:47)

...something more or less self-contained, for someone with only a general knowledge of German and Western European history.

Much appreciated.



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not exactly on point but
by irishlawyer  (2026-07-15 09:11:03)     Delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |  Report Post |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I've recommend When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany by Adam Fergusen

Not exactly a history on the Republic but an in the weeds look at what life was like in post-WWI Germany and the economic system of the time. While the book focuses on the hyperinflation of the time, there's a substantial amount of information about who was leading, what the policies were, what was happening regionally and how people were able or not able to survive the times.


Stream the series Babylon Berlin, if you can find it.
by Revue Party  (2026-07-15 08:39:36)     Delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |  Report Post |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

It's fantastic.


There may be more targeted books with more details on the
by tdiddy07  (2026-07-15 08:20:28)     Delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |  Report Post |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Republic. But portions of the first six chapters (167 pages) of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich focus a good deal on examining the Republic's creation and place in German history and the shortcomings that allowed Nazism to fester and the inner workings of how its leaders failed to stop Hitler. Especially chapter 3, 5, and 6. But portions of other chapters, though you'll have to sift more through Hitler's biography a bit. Now those chapters also have faced more modern criticism for trying too hard to force a framing of the Third Reich as almost a symptom of general German geopolitical attitudes. While there are parts that could be criticized I didn't think the framing was as over the top as the modern criticism makes it out to be.