Supplemental Materials

Weimar Germany and the Rise of Hitler

Weimar Germany and the Rise of Hitler explores the political culture of Weimar Germany and examines why democracy failed to take root in a modern, industrialized society that had long been at the forefront of Western civilization.

Online Resources from the Choices Program

Hyperinflation
A Supplemental Lesson for Weimar Germany and the Rise of Hitler

Web Links

Commanding Heights
A PBS website on economy. Timeline of German history and explanation of inflation during the Weimar Republic.

The German History Museum in Berlin

Facing History and Ourselves
An educational organization focusing on the Holocaust. Teaching materials also available on the Weimar Republic.

Books

Abraham, David. The Collapse of the Weimar Republic: Political Economy and Crisis (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981). 366 pages.

Berghahn, Volker R. Modern Germany: Society, Economy and Politics in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982). 314 pages.

Broszat, Martin. Hitler and the Collapse of Weimar Germany (New York: Berg, 1987). 157 pages

De Jonge, Alex. The Weimar Chronicle: Prelude to Hitler (New York: New American Library, 1979). 256 pages.

Eyck, Erich. A History of the Weimar Republic. 2 vols. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1962). 710 pages.

Hiden, John W. The Weimar Republic (London: Longman, 1974). 114 pages.

Nicholls, Anthony J. Weimar and the Rise of Hitler (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991). 195 pages.

NOTE: This is a selected list of resources focused on the topic of the curriculum unit, Weimar Germany and the Rise of Hitler. Additional resources will be added to this site as they become available.