This investigation will explore the question of: ‘’The period 1924-1929 was the Golden Age of the Weimar Republic.’’ To what extent would you agree with this statement? The years 1924 to 1929 will be the focus on this investigation, to allow for an analysis of Golden Age of the Weimar Republic, as well as its evolution of aspects why this particular period of time is described as the Golden Age. The first source which will be evaluated in depth is Gordon Alexander Craig’s book ‘’Germany’’, written in 1978. The origin of this source is valuable because Craig is a well-known Scottish-American historian of German history. His knowledge about Weimar Republic has been well developed through his lifetime, especially
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Weimar Republic was an unofficial, historical designation for the German state. There are few aspects to which extent this period is named like this. Firstly, Germany’s economy started to recover from the crisis, monetary help mostly was received from US trough Dawes Plan, which was formulated to bring out Germany of hyperinflation, to put Weimar’s economy ‘’on feet’’. Secondly, creative arts experienced a surge - in cultural terms it is considered to have been one of the richest, most exciting and most fruitful periods of the general history of the twentieth century . Thirdly, Germany started to come out of political isolation, accordingly, their foreign policy was more successful. For this, responsible is Gustav Stresseman, most historians would called this foreign policy’s improvement period as ‘’Stressemans …show more content…
Three most reconisable cultural improvments were in art (dadaism) , arhitecture (bauhaus) and cinema (expressionism). Dadaism was movement, in Weimar Republic it politicized the art movement explicitly and opposed the Weimar government, the military, conservative lobbies and the bureaucracy. They also expressed painful critique of the imperfection of the League of Nations. However, they did not only made Germans to think critically, but also gave a lot for development of the art culture by organizing exhibitions and also publishing magazines. Inevitably also young people read the articles and visited art exhibitions. Bauhaus was a German art school and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught . Bauhaus schools were popular art objects because of the peculiar architecture - big windows, big concrete walls; it was cheap as well. Those details were implemented in building to give people, worked there, feeling of lightness and freedom, but at the same time strength. Cinema was a popular place to hang out and spent free time for workers during Golden Age of the Weimar Republic. Weimar Germany’s political and social instability, not to mention its economic shortages, had a profound impact on post-war German culture. A new cultural movement emerged, later described as German
Weimar Republic was an unofficial, historical designation for the German state. There are few aspects to which extent this period is named like this. Firstly, Germany’s economy started to recover from the crisis, monetary help mostly was received from US trough Dawes Plan, which was formulated to bring out Germany of hyperinflation, to put Weimar’s economy ‘’on feet’’. Secondly, creative arts experienced a surge - in cultural terms it is considered to have been one of the richest, most exciting and most fruitful periods of the general history of the twentieth century . Thirdly, Germany started to come out of political isolation, accordingly, their foreign policy was more successful. For this, responsible is Gustav Stresseman, most historians would called this foreign policy’s improvement period as ‘’Stressemans …show more content…
Three most reconisable cultural improvments were in art (dadaism) , arhitecture (bauhaus) and cinema (expressionism). Dadaism was movement, in Weimar Republic it politicized the art movement explicitly and opposed the Weimar government, the military, conservative lobbies and the bureaucracy. They also expressed painful critique of the imperfection of the League of Nations. However, they did not only made Germans to think critically, but also gave a lot for development of the art culture by organizing exhibitions and also publishing magazines. Inevitably also young people read the articles and visited art exhibitions. Bauhaus was a German art school and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught . Bauhaus schools were popular art objects because of the peculiar architecture - big windows, big concrete walls; it was cheap as well. Those details were implemented in building to give people, worked there, feeling of lightness and freedom, but at the same time strength. Cinema was a popular place to hang out and spent free time for workers during Golden Age of the Weimar Republic. Weimar Germany’s political and social instability, not to mention its economic shortages, had a profound impact on post-war German culture. A new cultural movement emerged, later described as German