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The 121 pages that link to Weimar Republic, each with the reason it gives.

• Nazi GermanyNarrower topic: Its political instability and eventual collapse preceded Nazi dictatorship.

• BauhausNarrower topic: Bauhaus began and developed amid the republic’s political and cultural experimentation.

• Hannah ArendtNarrower topic: Arendt’s early intellectual life unfolded amid the republic’s crises and collapse.

• Heinrich HimmlerNarrower topic: Himmler entered politics during the republic’s instability and joined the Nazi movement.

• Erich LudendorffNarrower topic: Ludendorff’s postwar agitation challenged the republic’s legitimacy.

• Konrad AdenauerNarrower topic: Adenauer’s career as Cologne’s mayor and Centre Party politician unfolded within this republic.

• Joseph GoebbelsNarrower topic: Goebbels entered politics amid the republic’s crises and polarized public life.

• Epic theatreNarrower topic: Its political upheavals and urban culture formed the setting for epic theatre’s early development.

• Marlene DietrichNarrower topic: Berlin's cultural life during this period formed the setting for Dietrich's early career.

• Beer Hall PutschNarrower topic: The coup sought to overthrow the national republic amid its early political instability.

• Nazi seizure of powerNarrower topic: Its constitutional institutions were the system the Nazi movement sought to capture and destroy.

• Enabling Act of 1933Narrower topic: Its fragile parliamentary system was the government the act helped destroy.

• Weimar cinemaNarrower topic: Its political lifespan defines the period in which this film culture developed.

• Nazi persecution of JewsNarrower topic: Its collapse preceded the Nazi seizure of power and the dismantling of democratic protections.

• Communist Party of GermanyNarrower topic: The KPD rejected the republic’s political order while participating in its elections.

• GleichschaltungNarrower topic: Gleichschaltung dismantled the republic’s pluralist political and federal institutions.

• Paul von HindenburgNarrower topic: Hindenburg served as its president during years of growing political instability.

• Völkisch movementNarrower topic: Its political crises gave Völkisch groups opportunities, but also exposed their difficulty building stable coalitions.

• Weimar ConstitutionNarrower topic: The constitution supplied the legal framework for this republic.

• Battle of TannenbergNarrower topic: The memorial and Hindenburg’s prestige acquired new political meanings during this republic.

• Friedrich EbertNarrower topic: Ebert’s presidency was the republic’s first, during its founding and early crises.

• MetropolisNarrower topic: Metropolis was made amid the republic’s political upheaval and rapid modernization.

• Constructive vote of no confidenceNarrower topic: Its repeated government crises shaped postwar efforts to prevent unstable cabinet turnover.

• Ernst RöhmNarrower topic: Röhm’s SA operated amid the republic’s political violence and contested authority.

• NazismNarrower topic: Nazism rose within its political crises and ultimately destroyed its democratic institutions.

• Leni RiefenstahlNarrower topic: Riefenstahl began her acting and directing career amid the republic's experimental film culture.

• ReichswehrNarrower topic: The Reichswehr was the republic’s armed force but retained substantial institutional autonomy.

• Ruhr occupationNarrower topic: Its government faced reparations demands while struggling to maintain domestic authority.

• FreikorpsNarrower topic: The Freikorps’ actions took place amid the republic’s struggle to establish authority.

• National SocialismNarrower topic: National Socialism grew within its instability and replaced it through legal and coercive means.

• New ObjectivityNarrower topic: Its political instability and urban change supplied much of the movement’s subject matter.

• ReichstagNarrower topic: The Reichstag was its elected national legislature.

• Reichstag fireNarrower topic: The fire occurred during the republic’s final crisis and its institutions enabled the emergency response.

• Spartacist uprisingNarrower topic: The uprising exposed the new republic’s dependence on military forces and its vulnerability to political violence.

• Dawes PlanNarrower topic: The Dawes Plan shaped the republic’s finances and its relations with the Allied powers.

• Kurt WeillNarrower topic: Weill’s early successes emerged amid its volatile arts and political life.

• Paul HindemithNarrower topic: Hindemith’s early prominence and experimental work developed amid Weimar’s cultural life.

• SturmabteilungNarrower topic: The SA grew amid the republic’s street politics and worked to destroy its democratic institutions.

• The Blue AngelNarrower topic: The film was made in the republic’s final years, amid rapid cultural and political change.

• Kapp PutschNarrower topic: The coup challenged this republic’s authority and exposed its dependence on institutions and public cooperation.

• Gustav StresemannNarrower topic: Stresemann’s chancellorship and foreign ministry unfolded within this republic’s turbulent politics.

• Karl LiebknechtNarrower topic: Liebknecht’s assassination unfolded during the republic’s founding crisis.

• Lili ElbeNarrower topic: Elbe’s operations and public story unfolded in Germany during the Weimar era.

• Ernst ThälmannNarrower topic: Thälmann led the KPD through the republic’s crises and electoral politics.

• Gregor StrasserNarrower topic: Strasser’s career unfolded amid the republic’s party competition and political instability.

• George GroszNarrower topic: Its instability and social conflicts furnished many of his central subjects.

• Hans von SeecktNarrower topic: Seeckt’s command operated within this republic’s fragile institutions and contested politics.

• Leo StraussNarrower topic: Strauss’s early work emerged from the Weimar crisis and its challenges to liberalism.

• National BolshevismNarrower topic: Its crises enabled interwar national-revolutionary currents to gain a hearing.

• Otto KlempererNarrower topic: Klemperer held major German conducting posts during the republic’s cultural flowering.