The lecture provides an overview of Germany’s complex history between military defeat and hyperinflation. It shows how after November 1918, three different visions of transformation competed with each other: democratic reformism, revolutionary socialism and radical nationalism. The former option prevailed, as Social Democrats, Left Liberals and Catholics won the election and agreed on a progressive Republican constitution. However, they had to deal with the consequences of the Versailles...

The lecture provides an overview of Germany’s complex history between military defeat and hyperinflation. It shows how after November 1918, three different visions of transformation competed with each other: democratic reformism, revolutionary socialism and radical nationalism. The former option prevailed, as Social Democrats, Left Liberals and Catholics won the election and agreed on a progressive Republican constitution. However, they had to deal with the consequences of the Versailles...

The lecture provides an overview of Germany’s complex history between military defeat and hyperinflation. It shows how after November 1918, three different visions of transformation competed with each other: democratic reformism, revolutionary socialism and radical nationalism. The former option prevailed, as Social Democrats, Left Liberals and Catholics won the election and agreed on a progressive Republican constitution. However, they had to deal with the consequences of the Versailles...

The lecture provides an overview of Germany’s complex history between military defeat and hyperinflation. It shows how after November 1918, three different visions of transformation competed with each other: democratic reformism, revolutionary socialism and radical nationalism. The former option prevailed, as Social Democrats, Left Liberals and Catholics won the election and agreed on a progressive Republican constitution. However, they had to deal with the consequences of the Versailles...