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1.   Rosa Luxemburg, "Our Program and the Political Situation" (December 31, 1918)

2.   Arnold Brecht on Matthias Erzberger's Libel Suit against Karl Helfferich in 1920 (Retrospective Account, 1966)
After Germany’s defeat in 1918, former Vice Chancellor Karl Helfferich agitated vehemently against Matthias Erzberger, whom he called the “destroyer of the Reich” [Reichsverderber]. Helferrich....
3.   Thomas Mann, “On the German Republic” (1922)

4.   Morgan Philips Price on the Enemies of the Republic (April 5, 1923)
Morgan Philips Price, a member of the British Labour Party, was the London Daily Herald correspondent in Germany between 1919 and 1923. Price noted that anti-Weimar sentiment was especially....
5.   Morgan Philips Price on German Fascism (January 1924)
Morgan Philips Price was the London Daily Herald correspondence in Germany between 1919 and 1923. While living in Berlin, he witnessed much of the violence during the early years of the Weimar....
6.   Arnold Brecht on Paul von Hindenburg as Reich President (Retrospective Account, 1966)
In the second round of the Reich presidential race on April 26, 1925, former field marshal Paul von Hindenburg was elected with 48.3 percent of the vote. He owed his victory primarily to the Bavarian....
7.   Adolf Hitler on Trade Unions (1925)

8.   Theodor Heuss, "Democracy and Parliamentarism: Their History, Their Enemies, and Their Future" (1928)
The interwar years saw a number of dictatorships emerge throughout Europe; the international community took great interest in developments in Italy, where a fascist government took power in October....
9.   Arnold Brecht on Heinrich Brüning's Policy of Deflation (Retrospective Account, 1967)
After assuming the office of chancellor on March 29, 1930, Heinrich Brüning set out to consolidate the budget. At the same time, though, he deliberately exploited the economic crisis in an effort....
10.   Arnold Brecht on Heinrich Brüning and the National Socialists (Retrospective Account, 1967)
Heinrich Brüning, of whom Arnold Brecht had a positive opinion, only reluctantly and half-heartedly took action against the National Socialists. In view of the NSDAP’s successes in national and state....
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