The Weimar Republic: Germany’s First Democracy

Sir Richard Evans asks why did the Weimar Republic fail to make Germany democratic and what lessons can be learned for the future? A lecture by Professor Sir Richard Evans FBA, Provost 18 June 2019 6pm (UK time) A century has passed since the establishment of the ill-fated Weimar Republic, founded in August 1919 and superseded 14 years later by the Nazi dictatorship. Sir Richard Evans, one of the world’s foremost authorities o