Introduction
Reform and revolution
Imperial Germany
World War I
Germany in late 1918
Kiel Mutiny
Ebert and the new Republic
The German Revolution
The Weimar constitution
Political instability
The Kapp putsch
The Weimar Reichstag
The Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Communist parties (KPD and USPD)
The Centre Party
The National Socialists (NSDAP)
Other Weimar political parties
Years of disaster
The Treaty of Versailles
War reparations
The Ruhr occupation
The 1923 hyperinflation
The Munich putsch
Recovery
Gustav Stresemann
Weimar foreign relations
American assistance
The Golden Age of Weimar
Society and culture
Weimar cinema
Weimar art
Weimar cabaret
Descent into dictatorship
The presidency of Paul von Hindenburg
The rise of the NSDAP
The Great Depression in Germany
Hitler’s path to power
From Weimar democracy to Nazi dictatorship
Conclusion
Why the Weimar Republic failed
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