Weimar 1918-1933 Author:Walter Laqueur It was the first truly modern society, a cultural hothouse. Uniquely creative and permissive, Weimar was the age of Enlightenment and Einstein, Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht, atonal music and the Bauhaus, Paul Klee, existentialism, Max Reinhardt, and Marlene Dietrich. But it also witnessed the emergence of another regime that was neither avant-... more »garde nor left wing in inspiration--that of Adolf Hitler. No other book better chronicles this most unique period in 20th century history.« less