If it’s an election year it must be time to revisit the tragic fate of the short-lived Weimar Republic. Critics of the Republican presidential convention's allegedly "dark" tone see even more reason ...

In the 1930s, Harvard was joined to Washington, D.C. as it had never been before. It pioneered graduate education in public and foreign policy, offering a tangible credential to political ambition. It ...

Germany, France and Poland are aiming to become a driving force for a common European security framework in the face of hybrid threats from Russia. The foreign ministers of the three countries - who ...

The end of World War I in 1918 brought radical change to a defeated, disillusioned Germany. The entire population had experienced hunger, death, and violence. In October of that year, as the Americans ...

A fight breaks out on the streets of Berlin between supporters of rival candidates ahead of voting in the second round of Presidential elections in Germany. April 26, 1925. A fight breaks out on the ...

While the Weimar Republic is often summarized as a period of "dancing on a volcano" ahead of the Nazi era, cultural historian Sabina Becker tells DW why the period should be revisited for its rich ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. To mark the 100 years since the birth of the Bauhaus art, design and architecture movement, ...

What happens when a nation that was once an economic powerhouse turns its back on democracy and on its middle class, as wealthy right-wingers wage austerity campaigns and enable extremist politics? It ...