Images - State and Society

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11.	Archive for Social Science and Policy (1905) In 1903, after suffering a nervous breakdown, the eminent sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920) took a leave....
12.	The Imperial Couple (January 25, 1906) In 1881, the German Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern (1859-1941), the subsequent King of Prussia and German Emperor Wilhelm II, married Auguste Viktoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921).....
13.	Female University Students (1908) In the 1890s, women were granted the right to attend lectures as auditors [Gasthörerin] at universities in Berlin and Leipzig, but they were not permitted to earn degrees. They were first....
14.	Advances in the Educational System (1910-11) Published in Simplicissimus, this illustration by Thomas Theodor Heine offers a critique of Prussian militarism. Seated at a classroom lectern, a police officer gives his obedient pupils a....
15.	Berlin University Commemorates Liberation from Napoleon (1913) This photograph was taken in front of Berlin University (later Humboldt University) in 1913. It shows students and faculty commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of the Nations [Völkerschlacht]....
16.	Bruno Schmitz, Monument to the Battle of Nations (1897-1913) The Monument to the Battle of Nations (Völkerschlachtdenkmal) was designed by architect Bruno Schmitz and built on the outskirts of Leipzig (1897-1913) with funds collected by the German Patriots’....
17.	Women at the Employment Office (1913) Here, we see women waiting at Berlin’s central employment office, where job seekers could learn about vacant positions. Unemployment rates for women fluctuated according to the economy. They typically....
18.	Men at the Employment Office (1913) Here, we see the waiting room for unskilled male workers at Berlin’s central employment office, which was located on Gormannstraße. Among workers, unskilled wage-laborers were the most vulnerable....
19.	Undercover Agents of the Berlin Police (1913) The great metropolis of Berlin had one of the largest police forces in Germany. The police spied on Socialists and other “enemies of the state,” and had undercover agents to infiltrate criminal organizations.....
20.	The German Social Security System (1913) This table advertises the benefits of the German social security system. It outlines provisions for medicines (under health insurance [Die Krankenversicherung], top-left corner), disabilities....
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