Golden Twenties? (Weimar 1923, #4)

Welcome back to the fourth and last part of the Weimar 1923 series! After last time’s tale of the violent uprisings in fall 1923, we turn to the consequences for the Stresemann administration and its break-up before looking at the following years – the stability of the mid-1920s, the continuity in foreign policy, and finally, the political parties charting new courses. As always in this series, this post rests on the upcoming Weimar: The Fight for Democracy (Matthias Cramer, Capstone Games/Skellig Games/Spielworxx).

Pandemonium (Weimar 1923, #3)

Welcome back to the Weimar 1923 series! We’ve left the last post at the height of the hyperinflation, when loaves of bread cost first thousands, then millions, then billions of Reichsmark. Today, we’re turning to the political consequences: A new chancellor took the reins in Germany and made unpopular (but necessary) decisions. The political right in Bavaria defied his legitimacy and authority – and the political left in Central Germany at least considered it. Finally, the cauldron of nationalism in Bavaria boiled over. As always in this series, this post rests on the upcoming Weimar: The Fight for Democracy (Matthias Cramer, Capstone Games/Skellig Games/Spielworxx).

Money, Money, Money (Weimar 1923, #2)

Welcome back to the Weimar 1923 series! In the first instalment, we’ve seen a republic born of war and revolution, beset by foreign enemies and domestic strife. This time, we’ll go into the events of the crisis year 1923 itself – how the crisis began from disputes over the reparations payments, how France and Germany faced off over the Ruhr, and how the German government’s handling of the crisis made millionaires of a lot of people. This post – as the others in this series – rests on the upcoming Weimar: The Fight for Democracy (Matthias Cramer, Capstone Games/Skellig Games/Spielworxx).

The Birth of a Republic (Weimar 1923, #1)

Crises are familiar to you. You know the lethal force of a pandemic, the gnawing fear that your salary cannot keep up with the ever-rising prices, and probably also the growing assertiveness of a violent political right. Thus, you have much in common with the citizens of Germany’s Weimar Republic a century ago. This article is the first in a miniseries on the crisis year of 1923 in Weimar Germany. Today, we’ll look at the conditions in which this crisis arose – the German revolution at the end of World War I, the forging of the new republic, its foreign and domestic challenges. Three more articles on 1923 itself and its legacy will follow. Our guiding star through this tumultuous time will be the upcoming Weimar: The Fight for Democracy (Matthias Cramer, Capstone Games/Skellig Games/Spielworxx).