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Ullrich, Volker, 1943-
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Germany -- History -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
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Ullrich, Volker, 1943-
Germany -- History -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
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Germany
1923
:
hyperinflation
,
Hitlers
putsch
, and
democracy
in
crisis
/ Volker Ullrich ; translated by Jefferson Chase.
by
Ullrich, Volker, 1943-
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
Call #:
943.085 U42g
Subjects
Germany
-- History -- 1918-1933.
Germany
-- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.
Germany
-- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
ISBN:
9781324093466 (hc.)
Description:
xiv, 432 p. : ill. (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in German as Deutschland
1923
"--T. p. verso.
In English, translated from the German.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographic references (pages 345-407) and index.
Summary:
"As the great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography, written in exile, 'I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions.' He was referring to the situation in
Germany
in
1923
. It was a 'year of lunacy,' defined by
hyperinflation
, a political system on the verge of collapse, and separatist movements that threatened
Germany
's territorial integrity. Most significantly, Adolf Hitler launched his infamous Beer Hall
Putsch
in Munich--a failed coup that nonetheless drew international attention and demonstrated the Nazis' ruthless determination to seize power. In
Germany
1923
, award-winning historian Volker Ullrich draws on letters, memoirs, newspaper articles, and other sources from the time to present a captivating new history of those explosive twelve months. The
crisis
began when the French invaded the Ruhr Valley in January to force
Germany
to pay the reparations it owed under the Treaty of Versailles, which had ended the Great War. For years, German leaders had embraced inflationary policies to finance the costs of defeat, and, as Ullrich demonstrates, the invasion utterly destroyed the value of the German mark. Before the war, the exchange rate was 4.2 marks to the dollar. By November 20,
1923
, a dollar was worth an incomprehensible 4.2 trillion marks, and a loaf of bread cost 200 billion. Facing the abyss, many ordinary Germans called for a national messiah. Among the figures to vie for that role was Hitler, a thirty-four-year-old veteran who possessed a uniquely malevolent personal magnetism. Although the Nazi coup in November was put down and Hitler arrested, the
putsch
showed just how tenuous the first German
democracy
, the Weimar Republic, was at its core. As Ullrich's panoramic narrative reveals, other Germans responded to the successive crises by launching a cultural revolution:
1923
witnessed the emergence of a multitude of new movements, from Dada to Bauhaus, and of such iconoclasts as Bertolt Brecht, George Grosz, and Franz Kafka. Yet most observers were amazed that the Weimar Republic was able to survive, and the more astute realized that the feral undercurrents unleashed could lead to much worse. Publishing a century after that fateful year,
Germany
1923
is a riveting chronicle of one of the most challenging times any modern
democracy
has faced, one with haunting parallels to our own political moment."--From publisher.
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