3. Weimar Germany
1919- 1933
By Keila Munz and Alex Salvatore
4. Versailles Treaty
Drafted by Britain
(George), France
(Clemenceau), Italy
(Orlando), and the
US (Wilson)
Germany lost land
creation of
“mandates”
was forced to pay
for war
reparations, “war
guilt”
5. tan- annexed by neighboring countries after WWI
Green- taken by the League of Nations
red- Weimar Republic 1919-1933
6. Weimar Constitution
Drafted by the National Assembly of Germany
Turned Germany into a parliamentary [Reichstag]
Democracy whose members were elected by the
people
President
Freidrich
Ebert
monitered
the
Reichstag
7. Berlin Culture
Development of German
Expressionism
Developed architecture,
literature, film, painting,
music, philosophy, psychology
and fashion
The humboldt university of
Berlin was the center of
intellectual activity in
Germany, Europe and the World
Albert Einstein worked for the
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of
Physics
8. German expressionism
art movement reflected in many different types of media
demonstrates a distorted reality as well as a depiction
the artists mental state of being
three subdivisions of the movement were the “die
Brucke”, the “blaue reiter”, and the Rhenish
Expressionists
Die Brucke- influenced by Freudian theories, create art
to challenge the accepted taste
Blaue Reiter- disdained every principle of the die
brucke, portrayed the world as it existed
The Rhenish Expressionists- thoughts and ideas best
portayed through form, people had become a collective
group of individuals who fell to the mercy of their
society and its politics
9. Bauhaus Architecture
The Bauhaus school of architecture was
founded in weimar in 1919
Founded by walter Gropius
one of the main goals was to renew
architecture and develop creative minds for
architecture and industry
means “the building of the future”
motto: “art and technology-a new unity”
10. Literature
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)- poet,
playwright, and theatrical performer
developed epic theater form of drama
attended Ludwig maximilian University of Munich
studies Karl Marx’s, later adapted Communist
beliefs
his books and plays were banned from germany in
the 1930’s
went into exile and didn’t return to germany until
after WWII
11. literature continued
Thomas Mann
german essayist, cultural critic and
novelist
won nobel prize for literature in 1929
Buddenbrooks-1901- most famous work
Der Kleine Herr Friedmann- 1898
influenced by Schopenhauer and
Nietzsche
called German intellectuals to support
the new weimar state
“all Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich
Maria remarque-1924
12. film
Like in Art, Berlin became the world leader
in cinema. It made more films in the 1920s
than all of Europe put together
Fritz Lang- “Master of Darkness” his most
famous films are metropolis and M
Joseph von Sternberg- had influence on the
film noir period and is known for his mastery
of the mise-en-scene, lighting and the soft
lens
collaborated with Marlene Dietrich
13. Dadaism
anti-art movement
rejected the way art
was appreciated and
defined in
contemporary art
scenes
started in switzerland
George Grosz- savage
caricature drawings of
1920s berlin-
beginning of political
cartoons- associated
with the left wing
14. Music
Liszt School of music- first orchestral school in Germany founded
in 1872
Kurt Weill- prominent Jewish composer- collaborated with Bertolt
Brecht on the Beggar’s Opera and The Seven Deadly Sins ballet
Otto Klemperer- Jewish composer and conductor- fled Germany in
1933 and became music director of the LA Philharmonic
15. Wall Street Crash-1929
help trigger the collapse of the world economy
world trade and industrial production dropped dramatically
under the Dawes plan, the US provided loans to germany, when the US
economy crashed, so did the German economy
Weimar government increased taxes and lowered wages of government
officials which only made things worse
16. Unemployment
German shot up. By
businesses
1932
closed down as
unemployment
loans were
figures stood
repaid and trade
at a missive 6
dramatically
million
slumped
The Depression
Millions of Germans became
homeless, and set up camps on
the outskirts of towns. They
became reliant on charity food
and soup kitchens
18. the Rise of the Nazis
once the stock market crashed, people began to blame the
weimar government
they began to look at the Nazi party who promised hope
earlier attempted to overthrow the government in the
Beer Hall Putsch of 1923
in 1933 the Nazis were the biggest Political party in
Germany later that year, hitler was elected Chancellor
of Germamy
By the end of 1933, hitler had seized power and
proclaimed the third reich
