Source Material for use in lessons on the Weimar Republic 1918-29. Covering the Weimar Constitution; Federal Elections; The Hyperinflation Crisis; Occupation of the Ruhr; Economic Policy and Foreign Aid; Bauhaus and German Society.
Source: Main Articles of the Weimar Constitution
Source: Hugo Preuss on formulating the Constitution
Source: 1919 German Federal Election Results
Source: Deutsche Zeitung
Source: Hyperinflation
Source: End of Passive Resistance in the Ruhr
Source: Brecht reflecting on the Treaty of Versailles
Source: Rosa Luxemburg: Spartacist Programme and the Political Situation
Source: The Dawes Report, 1924.
Source: Hannes Meyer, ‘The New World’
Source: Report of the Commissioner of the Reichsbank, December 1928.
Source: Walter Gropius, Program of the State Bauhaus in Weimar (1919).
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