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1923 - HISTORY OF AN EXTREME YEAR
"No nation in the world has experienced what corresponds to the German '1923' experience," wrote Sebastian Haffner in English exile, and Stefan Zweig found that history had never "produced a similar madhouse period in such huge proportions". Volker Ullrich uses a wide range of sources to tell the story of this year on the brink, which in many ways is fatally reminiscent of today. After the much-praised Hitler biography and the bestseller "Acht Tage im Mai" (Eight Days in May), the renowned journalist and historian now presents the panorama of a time that had come apart at the seams, the chronicle of a year that was extreme in every respect.
In 1923, Germany experienced a fall into the bottomless pit. French and Belgian troops invade the Ruhr. Hyperinflation reaches its bizarre peak and plunges broad sections of the population into misery. While the entertainment industry booms, a political state of emergency prevails. Separatist movements threaten the existence of the Reich, right-wing and left-wing extremists begin to storm the Republic, and in Munich a man prepares a coup attempt whose name will be remembered by the world: Adolf Hitler.
Hardcover | Publisher C.H.Beck | Number of pages 441 | Dimensions (L/W/H) 21.7/14.4/3.7 cm | Weight 714 g | Language German
"No nation in the world has experienced what corresponds to the German '1923' experience," wrote Sebastian Haffner in English exile, and Stefan Zweig found that history had never "produced a similar madhouse period in such huge proportions". Volker Ullrich uses a wide range of sources to tell the story of this year on the brink, which in many ways is fatally reminiscent of today. After the much-praised Hitler biography and the bestseller "Acht Tage im Mai" (Eight Days in May), the renowned journalist and historian now presents the panorama of a time that had come apart at the seams, the chronicle of a year that was extreme in every respect.
In 1923, Germany experienced a fall into the bottomless pit. French and Belgian troops invade the Ruhr. Hyperinflation reaches its bizarre peak and plunges broad sections of the population into misery. While the entertainment industry booms, a political state of emergency prevails. Separatist movements threaten the existence of the Reich, right-wing and left-wing extremists begin to storm the Republic, and in Munich a man prepares a coup attempt whose name will be remembered by the world: Adolf Hitler.
Hardcover | Publisher C.H.Beck | Number of pages 441 | Dimensions (L/W/H) 21.7/14.4/3.7 cm | Weight 714 g | Language German