The document provides an overview of Weimar society and culture between 1918-1933. It summarizes that while the aristocracy lost power, industrialists remained influential. The middle class struggled economically. Unions gained rights through agreements with industry. Berlin became a cultural hub with new opportunities for women, but many still opposed the Republic. Artistic movements like Expressionism, Dada and New Objectivity emerged, influenced by the war.

1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 8 Weimar Society and Culture

8. Marlene Dietrich (left), Josephine Baker (right), and Louise Brooks (below).

11. Patrons of the Eldorado, Berlin’s notorious transvestite bar. The Potsdammerplatz by night. Six-day bicycle races. Marlene Dietrich as the cabaret singer Lola Lola

13. Above: Peter Lorre as the child murder in Fritz Lang’s M (1931) Ernst Gennat (1880- 1939), head of the Homicide division of the Berlin Kriminalpolizei (1925-39) and originator Of the term ‘serial killer’ ( Serienm örder ). Left: Peter K ürten (1883-1931), ‘the Vampire of Düsseldorf’.

18. Expressionist Architecture The Einstein Tower in Potsdam (1919-20), designed by Erich Mendelsohn The Chilehaus in Hamburg (1922-24), designed by Fritz H öger

19. Expressionist Film Scenes from Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari (1920) Still from Nosferatu (1922), directed by F. W. Murnau The ‘Tower of Babel’ from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927)

23. The First International Dada Fair, Berlin, 1920

25. Gro ßstadt (Metropolis) Triptych (1927-28) by Otto Dix

26. The Pillars of the Establishment (1926) by George Grosz Three Whores (1926) by Otto Dix

27. Satires of middle class family life: Industriebauen (1920) by Georg Scholz and Deutsche Familie (1932) by Adolf Uzarski

28. Neue Sachlichkeit Film Posters for Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt (1927) and Der Letze Mann (1924)

31. The Bauhaus The Bauhuas building in Dessau (1925-26) Cantilever “Cesca” Chair by Marcel Breuer.