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Weimar Republic: see Germany Germany (jûr`mənē), Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. ..... Click the link for more information. . Weimar RepublicGovernment of Germany 1919–33, so named because the assembly that adopted its constitution met at Weimar in 1919. In its early years, the Weimar Republic was troubled by postwar economic and financial problems and political instability, but it had recovered considerably by the late 1920s. Its major political leaders included presidents Friedrich Ebert (1919–25) and Paul von Hindenburg (1925–34), as well as Gustav Stresemann, who was chancellor (1923) and foreign minister (1923–29). With the Great Depression, its political and economic collapse enabled Adolf Hitler to rise to power and become chancellor (1933), after which he suspended the Weimar constitution. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A final chapter is dedicated to nudist culture in Weimar Germany, complete with illustrations of advocates, consumers and parks at the time. Memory enters Herzog's picture of the GDR only in the '90s, when the good old days of easy nakedness, harkening back to Weimar Germany and beyond, made real intimacy a key component of Ostalgie. Between Saiko Kobayashi as a demented Cousin It and drag artist Macks Leger, Madsen and the elegant Alison Cockrill looked like imports from Weimar Germany snaking across the stage in matching menswear. |
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