Paperback. Pub Date :2013-05-26 Pages: 496 Language: English Publisher: Princeton University Press Weimar Germany still fascinates us. and now this complex and remarkably creative period and place has the history it deserves. Eric Weitzs Weimar Germany reveals the Weimar era as a time of strikingly progressive achievements - and even greater promise. With a rich thematic narrative and detailed portraits of some of Weimars greatest figures. this comprehensive history recaptures the excitement and drama as it unfolded. viewing Weimar in its own right - and not as a mere prelude to the Nazi era.Weimar Germany tells how Germans rose from the defeat of World War I and the turbulence of revolution to forge democratic institutions and make Berlin a world capital of avant-garde art. Setting the stage for this story. Weitz takes the reader on a walking tour of Berlin to see and feel ...