Episode 29 - The Ruhr Crisis - Part II

Germany's slide into chaos continues this week as all those ultra-right types festering in Bavaria decide the moment had come to overthrow the government. For those on the up and up with early Nazi history, this should be familiar to you as the Beer Hall Putsch. But there's also some light at the end of the tunnel as everyone realizes the crisis could not continue, and with the help of a few leadership changes in Europe there appeared hope of a long-term settlement. Bonus, I do a little recap of these very, very tumultuous five years for Germany and what they would mean for the nation in the future. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Evans, Richard The Coming of the Third Reich Penguin Books, 2003
2. Peukert, Detlev The Weimar Republic Suhrkamp Verlag am Main, 1987
3. Weitz, Eric Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy Princeton University Press 2007

 

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