Despite all of the difficulties faced by young democratic Germany, its parliamentary method was quite well-developed
The Weimar Constitution and its “Father” Hugo Preuss
Jewish lawyer Hugo Preuss’ contribution was so great that today he is considered the “father” of the constitution of the Weimar Republic
Elections Placard for the German National Assembly, 1919
The placard states that this day was “the great day of the German people” and emphasizes that “every vote counts.”
German Inflation 1919-1923
Prices rose to absurd sums: at the end of the period of hyper-inflation, in the fall of 1923, a loaf of bread cost many billions and to send a single postcard from Munich to Prague required stamps worth 36 billion marks
Architecture in the “International Style” (Bauhaus) in Eretz Israel
When architect Walter Gropius established in 1919 the Bauhaus art school in the city of Weimar, Germany, he had, it can be assumed, grand plans, but no way of predicting that the tradition born with the establishment of this school would change the face of the world of architecture and in the design of many useful products.
The Templers in the Land of Israel and Their Place in Local Society
In the late 1850s, this group, under the leadership of Christoph Hoffman, began exploring the possibility of living according to their spiritual-religious ideal not merely inside Germany, but in close proximity to the location of the Jewish Temple: in Jerusalem
Premiere Screening of the Early Thriller Film – The “Great Unknown”
From the end of the 1920s, the number of sound films (“talkies”) produced began to grow steadily, and within just a few years, silent films disappeared entirely
Harry Graf Kessler and the Biography of Walther Rathenau
The writing of a biography of this Jewish statesman, by a Christian, no less, cannot be taken for granted
From Ideology to Racism: Hitler’s Mein Kampf
The content of the book is well known for its blatant aggression against political enemies, democracy, and mainly, against what Hitler viewed as the “enemy race” of the German people: the Jews
