'Gripping . . . thoroughly researched and beautifully written . . .
a warning for our times' Alex Watson, author of Rings of steel
'Fascinating . . . shows powerfully that there was nothing
inevitable about the survival of Germany's young democracy in that
year - nor about its death a decade later. A timely reminder' Katja
Hoyer, author of Blood and Iron The astonishing year when German
democracy faced crisis and near destruction. 1923 was one of the
most remarkable years of modern European history. In January,
France and Belgium militarily occupied Germany's economic
heartland, the Ruhr; triggering a series of crises that almost
spiralled out of control. Hyperinflation plunged millions into
poverty. The search for scapegoats empowered political extremes.
Hitler's populism ascended to national prominence. Communists,
Nazis, separatists all thought that they could use the crises to
destroy democracy. None succeeded. 1923 was the year of Hitler's
first victory - and his first defeat. Fanning the flames of
instability, anti-government and antisemitic sentiment, the Nazis'
abortive yet pivotal putsch in a Munich beer hall failed when they
were abandoned by their likeminded conservative allies. Drawing on
previously unseen sources, Mark Jones weaves together a thrilling
and resonant narrative of German lives in this turbulent time.
Tracing Hitler's rise, we see how political pragmatism and
international cooperation eventually steered the nation away from
total insurrection. A decade later, when Weimar democracy
eventually succumbed to tyranny, the warnings from 1923 - rising of
nationalist rhetoric, fragile European consensus, and
underestimation the of the enemies of liberalism - became only too
apparent. This account of the republic's convulsions and survival
offers a gripping image of a modern society in extreme crisis.
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