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 HitlerMaps of Germany during World War I
Maps of the European powers on August 4, 1914, Germany's territorial losses in Europe, and Germany's territorial losses overseas in 1919. Two of these maps are from the Day One lesson "The Birth of the Weimar Republic."Charts of Germany from Hyperinflation to Depression
Includes charts of economic data from World War I and the postwar period in Germany. These charts are to be used with the Day Two lesson"Hyperinflation, Prosperity, and Depression."
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.
