The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic (German Weimarer Republik, IPA: [ˈvaɪ̯marər repuˈbliːk]). It is named after the city of Weimar where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution after the German Monarchy and German Empire were abolished following the nation's defeat in World War I. This first attempt to establish a liberal democracy in Germany happened during a time of civil conflict, and failed with t ...

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• Weimar Republic - Controlled revolution: the establishment of the Republic 1918-1919
• Weimar Republic - The Reichswehr and the Revolution
• Weimar Republic - The socialist roots of Weimar
• Weimar Republic - The early years: internal conflict 1919-1923
• Weimar Republic - Stresemann's Golden Era 1923-1929
• Weimar Republic - The Republic crumbles and Hitler's support rises 1930-1932
• Weimar Republic - Loss of credibility for the Republic
• Weimar Republic - Franz von Papen calls for elections
• Weimar Republic - November and 'Socialist General' Schleicher
• Weimar Republic - Hitler's chancellorship and the death of the Weimar Republic 1933
• Weimar Republic - Reichstag Fire
• Weimar Republic - Reichstag election of March 5
• Weimar Republic - Hitler cabinet meeting in mid-March
• Weimar Republic - Enabling Act negotiations
• Weimar Republic - Ceremonial opening of the Reichstag in Potsdam on March 21
• Weimar Republic - Passage of the Enabling Act by the Reichstag on March 23
• Weimar Republic - Aftermath
• Weimar Republic - Reasons for the Weimar Republic's failure
• Weimar Republic - Economic problems
• Weimar Republic - Institutional problems
• Weimar Republic - Individual roles
• Weimar Republic - Other roles
• Weimar Republic - Reference

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Weimar Timeline, Weimar Timeline - End of the Kaiserreich, Weimar Timeline - 1918, Weimar Timeline - 1919, Weimar Timeline - Weimar Republic, Weimar Timeline - 1920, Weimar Timeline - 1921, Weimar Timeline - 1922, Weimar Timeline - 1923, Weimar Timeline - 1924, Weimar Timeline - 1925, Weimar Timeline - 1926, Weimar Timeline - 1927, Weimar Timeline - 1928, Weimar Timeline - 1929, Weimar Timeline - 1930, Weimar Timeline - 1931, Weimar Timeline - 1932, Weimar Timeline - 1933, Weimar Timeline - Related media

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The Weimar Republic's catastrophic collapse is the subject of continued debate. Although Hitler became Reichskanzler legally through mechanisms set forth in the constitution and the NSDAP gained a relative majority of the seats in Parliament in two 1932 elections, he was appointed chancellor at a time when support for the NSDAP was not considered sufficient to gain power. Scholars have expressed divided opinions on the reasons and historical analysis this was complicated by the Cold War, when historians often attempted to justify ideo ...

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Weimar Republic, Weimar Republic - Controlled revolution: the establishment of the Republic 1918–1919, Weimar Republic - The Reichswehr and the Revolution, Weimar Republic - The socialist roots of Weimar, Weimar Republic - The early years: internal conflict 1919–1923, Weimar Republic - Stresemann's Golden Era 1923–1929, Weimar Republic - The Republic crumbles and Hitler's support rises 1930–1932, Weimar Republic - Loss of credibility for the Republic, Weimar Republic - Franz von Papen calls for elections, Weimar Republic - November and 'Socialist General' Schleicher, Weimar Republic - Hitler's chancellorship and the death of the Weimar Republic 1933, Weimar Republic - Reichstag Fire, Weimar Republic - Reichstag election of March 5, Weimar Republic - Hitler cabinet meeting in mid-March, Weimar Republic - Enabling Act negotiations, Weimar Republic - Ceremonial opening of the Reichstag in Potsdam on March 21, Weimar Republic - Passage of the Enabling Act by the Reichstag on March 23, Weimar Republic - Aftermath, Weimar Republic - Reasons for the Weimar Republic's failure, Weimar Republic - Economic problems, Weimar Republic - Institutional problems, Weimar Republic - Individual roles, Weimar Republic - Other roles, Weimar Republic - Reference

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Main article: Weimar Republic On 28 June 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed. Germany was to cede Alsace-Lorraine, Eupen-Malmédy, North Schleswig, and the Memel area. Poland was restored and Posen, West Prussia, and Upper Silesia were returned after plebiscites and independence uprisings. All German colonies were to be handed over to the Allies. The left and right banks of the Rhine were to be permanently demilitarised. The industrially important Saarland was to be governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and its co ...

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History of Germany, History of Germany - The Germans and the Romans, History of Germany - Holy Roman Empire, History of Germany - Middle Ages, History of Germany - Reformation and Thirty Years War, History of Germany - End of the Holy Roman Empire, History of Germany - German Confederation, History of Germany - Restoration and Revolution, History of Germany - North German Confederation, History of Germany - German Empire, History of Germany - Age of Bismarck, History of Germany - Wilhelminian Era, History of Germany - Weimar Republic, History of Germany - Third Reich, History of Germany - Nazi revolution or 'Seizure of Power', History of Germany - Expansion and defeat, History of Germany - Germany since 1945

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The overall impression one gets when visiting Berlin today is one of great discontinuity, visibly reflecting the many ruptures of Germany's difficult history in the 20th century. Although it was the residence of the Prussian kings, Berlin's population did not greatly expand until the 19th century, mainly after becoming the capital of the German Empire in 1871. It remained Germany's capital during the Weimar Republic and under the Nazis' Third Reich. 1920s Berlin was a very exciting and interesting city ...

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History of Berlin, History of Berlin - Origin, History of Berlin - Slavic East Germany, History of Berlin - The Germans return, History of Berlin - Berlin and Cölln, History of Berlin - Mark Brandenburg, History of Berlin - Kingdom of Prussia, History of Berlin - German Empire, History of Berlin - Weimar Republic, History of Berlin - Third Reich, History of Berlin - Nazi plans for postwar Berlin, History of Berlin - The war comes to Berlin, History of Berlin - The divided city, History of Berlin - Blockade Airlift, History of Berlin - The June 17th Uprising, History of Berlin - Berlin Wall, History of Berlin - Student Movement, History of Berlin - Reunited, History of Berlin - Historical population

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There was a vigorous grassroots campaign against Paragraph 175 between 1919 and 1929, led by an alliance of the Gemeinschaft der Eigenen and the Wissenschaftlich-humanitäre Komitee. But, much as during the time of the Empire, during the Weimar Republic the parties of the left failed to achieve the abolition of Paragraph 175, because they lacked a parliamentary majority. The plans of a center-right regime in 1925 to increase the penalties of Paragraph 175 came closer to fruition; but they, too, failed. In addition to paragraph 296 (wh ...

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Paragraph 175, Paragraph 175 - Historical overview, Paragraph 175 - Texts of the various versions of Paragraph 175, Paragraph 175 - Version of May 15 1871, Paragraph 175 - Version of June 28 1935, Paragraph 175 - Version of June 25 1969 West Germany, Paragraph 175 - Version of November 23 1973 West Germany, Paragraph 175 - Version of March 10 1994, Paragraph 175 - Background, Paragraph 175 - German Empire, Paragraph 175 - Weimar Republic, Paragraph 175 - The Nazi era, Paragraph 175 - After World War II, Paragraph 175 - Development in East Germany, Paragraph 175 - Development in West Germany, Paragraph 175 - Developments after 1990, Paragraph 175 - The deletion of Paragraph 175, Paragraph 175 - Partial rehabilitation of the victims

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From 1916 onwards, the 1871 German Empire had effectively been governed by the military, led by the Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL, Supreme Army Command) with the Chief of Staff Paul von Hindenburg. When it became apparent that World War I was lost, the OHL demanded that a civil government be installed in order to meet a key peace talk condition from United States President Woodrow Wilson. Any attempt to continue the war after Bulgaria had left the Central Powers would only have caused German territories to be occupied. The new Reichsk ...

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Weimar Republic, Weimar Republic - Controlled revolution: the establishment of the Republic 1918-1919, Weimar Republic - The Reichswehr and the Revolution, Weimar Republic - The socialist roots of Weimar, Weimar Republic - The early years: internal conflict 1919-1923, Weimar Republic - Stresemann's Golden Era 1923-1929, Weimar Republic - The Republic crumbles and Hitler's support rises 1930-1932, Weimar Republic - Loss of credibility for the Republic, Weimar Republic - Franz von Papen calls for elections, Weimar Republic - November and 'Socialist General' Schleicher, Weimar Republic - Hitler's chancellorship and the death of the Weimar Republic 1933, Weimar Republic - Reichstag Fire, Weimar Republic - Reichstag election of March 5, Weimar Republic - Hitler cabinet meeting in mid-March, Weimar Republic - Enabling Act negotiations, Weimar Republic - Ceremonial opening of the Reichstag in Potsdam on March 21, Weimar Republic - Passage of the Enabling Act by the Reichstag on March 23, Weimar Republic - Aftermath, Weimar Republic - Reasons for the Weimar Republic's failure, Weimar Republic - Economic problems, Weimar Republic - Institutional problems, Weimar Republic - Individual roles, Weimar Republic - Other roles, Weimar Republic - Reference

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From 1916 onwards, the 1871 German Empire had effectively been governed by the military, led by the Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL, Supreme Army Command) with the Chief of Staff Paul von Hindenburg. When it became apparent that World War I was lost, the OHL demanded that a civil government be installed in order to meet a key peace talk condition from United States President Woodrow Wilson. Any attempt to continue the war after Bulgaria had left the Central Powers would only have caused German territories to be occupied. The new Reichsk ...

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Weimar Republic, Weimar Republic - Controlled revolution: the establishment of the Republic 1918–1919, Weimar Republic - The Reichswehr and the Revolution, Weimar Republic - The socialist roots of Weimar, Weimar Republic - The early years: internal conflict 1919–1923, Weimar Republic - Stresemann's Golden Era 1923–1929, Weimar Republic - The Republic crumbles and Hitler's support rises 1930–1932, Weimar Republic - Loss of credibility for the Republic, Weimar Republic - Franz von Papen calls for elections, Weimar Republic - November and 'Socialist General' Schleicher, Weimar Republic - Hitler's chancellorship and the death of the Weimar Republic 1933, Weimar Republic - Reichstag Fire, Weimar Republic - Reichstag election of March 5, Weimar Republic - Hitler cabinet meeting in mid-March, Weimar Republic - Enabling Act negotiations, Weimar Republic - Ceremonial opening of the Reichstag in Potsdam on March 21, Weimar Republic - Passage of the Enabling Act by the Reichstag on March 23, Weimar Republic - Aftermath, Weimar Republic - Reasons for the Weimar Republic's failure, Weimar Republic - Economic problems, Weimar Republic - Institutional problems, Weimar Republic - Individual roles, Weimar Republic - Other roles, Weimar Republic - Reference

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Weimar Republic refers to the years (1919-1933) in German history. Politically and economically, the nation struggled with the terms and reparations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1918) that ended World War I, and endured punishing levels of inflation. 1920s Berlin was at the hectic center of the Weimar Culture. The fourteen years of the Weimar were also marked by explosive intellectual productivity. German artists made significant cultural contributions in the fields of literature, art, architecture, music, dance, drama, and the new medium of the motion picture. Political theorist Ernst Bloc ...

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• Weimar culture - Notable Cultural Figures of the Weimar Era
• Weimar culture - Art
• Weimar culture - Architecture
• Weimar culture - Literature
• Weimar culture - Music
• Weimar culture - Theater and Film
• Weimar culture - Intellectuals

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The Bavarian Soviet Republic (Bayerische Räterepublik)—also known as the Munich Soviet Republic (Münchner Räterepublik)—was a short-lived revolutionary government in the German state of Bavaria in 1919 that sought to replace the fledgling Weimar Republic in its early days. Bavarian Soviet Republic - History. On 7 November 1918, the anniversary of the Russian October Revolution, Kurt Eisner of the USPD declared Bavaria a "free state" - a declaration which overthrew the mon ...

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• Bavarian Soviet Republic - History

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The Vice-Chancellor of Germany (Vizekanzler) in Germany is the second highest position in the government, and is usually held by the leader of the government's principal coalition partner. Unlike the American Vice President, the Vice-Chancellor is not an independent office. Instead, the Vice-Chancellor also serves as a Cabinet minister, most commonly as Minister of Foreign Affairs. However, the current Vice Chancellor is Labour Minister Franz Müntefering, who had been Chairma ...

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• Vice-Chancellor of Germany - List of Vice-Chancellors
• Vice-Chancellor of Germany - Weimar Republic
• Vice-Chancellor of Germany - Nazi Germany
• Vice-Chancellor of Germany - Federal Republic of Germany

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See also Weimar Republic. For the locality in Texas called Weimar see Weimar, Texas, there is also Weimar bei Kassel and Weimar in Marburg-Biedenkopf Weimar is a city in Germany. It is located at 50° 58 min 6 s north / 11° 18 min 6 s east, in the Bundesland of Thuringia (German: Thüringen), close to the Thüringer Wald to the south, slightly to the east of Erfurt, and approximately fifty miles (75 kilometers) southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its curr ...

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• Weimar - History
• Weimar - Famous residents of Weimar
• Weimar - Districts:
• Weimar - Sister Cities:
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• Weimar - Sporting clubs
• Weimar - Education

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Germany This article is part of the series: Politics of Germany Constitution Bundestag (Parliament) Bundesrat (Federal Council) Federal Convention Constitutional Court Federal Court of Justice President: Horst Köhler Chancellor: Angela Merkel Cabinet States of Germany Districts of Germany Elections Political parties ...

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• Chancellor of Germany - Bundeskanzler North German Confederation 1867-1871
• Chancellor of Germany - Reichskanzler 1871-1945
• Chancellor of Germany - Chancellors of the German Empire 1871-1919
• Chancellor of Germany - Chancellors of the Weimar Republic 1919-1933
• Chancellor of Germany - Chancellors of the Nazi Era 1933-1945
• Chancellor of Germany - Bundeskanzler since 1949
• Chancellor of Germany - Appointment mechanism
• Chancellor of Germany - Votes of no-confidence
• Chancellor of Germany - The chancellor's role
• Chancellor of Germany - List of Chancellors since 1949

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The German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei or merely Zentrum), often called the Catholic Centre Party, was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. The party dissolved itself on July 6, 1933, shortly before the conclusion of a Concordat between the Holy See and Germany. After World War II, the party was refounded, but could not rise again to its former importance, as most of its members joined the new CDU party. However, the Centre party still exists to thi ...

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• Centre Party Germany - Origins of Political Catholicism
• Centre Party Germany - Catholic groups in the Prussian Diet
• Centre Party Germany - The Soest programme and the founding of the Centre party
• Centre Party Germany - Kulturkampf
• Centre Party Germany - Out of the tower!
• Centre Party Germany - In War and Revolution
• Centre Party Germany - In the Weimar Republic
• Centre Party Germany - The Brüning administration
• Centre Party Germany - Between coup d'etat and authoritarian democracy
• Centre Party Germany - The Hitler government and new elections
• Centre Party Germany - The Enabling Act
• Centre Party Germany - The end of the Centre Party
• Centre Party Germany - Refounding and post-war history
• Centre Party Germany - External link

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(German: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit) 2 Prior to 2002: Deutsche Mark Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Deutschland or Bundesrepublik Deutschland listen ▶ (help·info)) is one of the world's leading industrialised countries, located in Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, and to the west by Fr ...

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• Germany - History
• Germany - Early history of the Germanic tribes 100 BC-300 AD
• Germany - The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 843–1806
• Germany - Restoration and revolution 1814–1871
• Germany - German Empire 1871–1918
• Germany - Weimar Republic 1919–1933
• Germany - Third Reich 1933–1945
• Germany - Division and reunification 1945–1990
• Germany - Politics
• Germany - Legal system
• Germany - Foreign Relations
• Germany - Armed Forces
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• Germany - Geography
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• Germany - Territory
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• Germany - Economy
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• Germany - Society
• Germany - Demographics
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• Germany - Social issues
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Social Democratic Party of Germany - Pre-republic. The party considers itself to have been founded on May 23, 1863, by Ferdinand Lassalle under the name Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein (ADAV, General German Workers' Association). In 1869, August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht founded the Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei (SDAP, Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany), which merged with the ADAV in 1875. Otto von Bismarck had the party outlawed for its pro-revolution, anti-monarchy sentiment ...

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Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party of Germany - History, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Pre-republic, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Weimar Republic, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Federal Republic, Social Democratic Party of Germany - The Schröder government, Social Democratic Party of Germany - The Merkel-led grand coalition, Social Democratic Party of Germany - People, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Leading members of the SPD before World War I, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party of Germany - German Chancellors from SPD, Social Democratic Party of Germany - German Presidents from SPD, Social Democratic Party of Germany - External link

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A new democratic German republic, known as the Weimar Republic, came into being and was soon hit by hyperinflation and other serious economic problems. Nationalist elements under a variety of movements, including the Nazi Party led by the Austrian Adolf Hitler, blamed Germany's "humiliating" status on the harshness of the post-war settlement, on faults of democracy, on Social Democrats and Communists, and on the Jews, whom it claimed possessed a financial stranglehold on Germany. In Germany, like in the radically diminished Austria, t ...

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Events preceding World War II in Europe, Events preceding World War II in Europe - The Weimar Republic becomes the Third Reich, Events preceding World War II in Europe - Italy, Events preceding World War II in Europe - German expansionism, Events preceding World War II in Europe - Austria, Events preceding World War II in Europe - Czechoslovakia

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The Centre Party, whose pragmatic principles generally left it open to supporting either a monarchical or republican form of government, proved one of the mainstays of the Weimar Republic, continuing the cooperation with SPD and DDP in the Weimar Coalition. This combination however lost its majority in the 1920 elections. The Centre had a share of the odium attached to the so-called "Weimar Establishment," which was blamed, especially on the right, for the "stab in the back" of the German army at the end of the war, as well as for the ...

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Centre Party Germany, Centre Party Germany - Origins of Political Catholicism, Centre Party Germany - Catholic groups in the Prussian Diet, Centre Party Germany - The Soest programme and the founding of the Centre party, Centre Party Germany - Kulturkampf, Centre Party Germany - Out of the tower!, Centre Party Germany - In War and Revolution, Centre Party Germany - In the Weimar Republic, Centre Party Germany - The Brüning administration, Centre Party Germany - Between coup d'etat and authoritarian democracy, Centre Party Germany - The Hitler government and new elections, Centre Party Germany - The Enabling Act, Centre Party Germany - The end of the Centre Party, Centre Party Germany - Refounding and post-war history, Centre Party Germany - External link

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Social Democratic Party of Germany - Leading members of the SPD before World War I. August Bebel Wilhelm Liebknecht Karl Kautsky Eduard Bernstein Rosa Luxemburg Social Democratic Party of Germany - Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party. In the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic: August Bebel and Paul Singer, 1892-1911 August Bebel and Hugo Haase, 1911-1913 Friedrich Ebert and Hugo Haase, 1 ...

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Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party of Germany - History, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Pre-republic, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Weimar Republic, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Federal Republic, Social Democratic Party of Germany - The Schröder government, Social Democratic Party of Germany - The Merkel-led grand coalition, Social Democratic Party of Germany - People, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Leading members of the SPD before World War I, Social Democratic Party of Germany - Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party of Germany - German Chancellors from SPD, Social Democratic Party of Germany - German Presidents from SPD, Social Democratic Party of Germany - External link

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Weimar culture - Art. Ernst Barlach – sculptor Max Beckmann – painter, printmaker Otto Dix – painter Max Ernst – painter Conrad Felixmueller – painter George Grosz – painter John Heartfield – photomontage artist Erich Heckel – painter Käthe Kollwitz – printmaker, sculptor, artist Wassily Kandinsky – painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner – painter Paul Klee – painter Gerhard Marcks – ...

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Weimar culture, Weimar culture - Notable Cultural Figures of the Weimar Era, Weimar culture - Art, Weimar culture - Architecture, Weimar culture - Literature, Weimar culture - Music, Weimar culture - Theater and Film, Weimar culture - Intellectuals

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