JS 211gw Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Marshall Plan, Magnus Hirschfeld, Walther Rathenau
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Victory was promised to germans in 1914 when the war began. By 1918 1 million germans had been killed. Why was germany not winning and being killed. People thought germany would become communist from the war. November 9th, 1918: the emperor that ruled germany was dethroned and he flees, he knows the monarchy is at its end, a man gets up speaking from a balcony and announces . He was a member of the spd. Hope for a brand new future for germany. Two utterly polarized directions shaping the country. Hopeful: can make a new world, the end of civilization as we know it, movement for gay rights in berlin, new art/ new forms of modern art. Some of the art was hypercritical of the war. Worker"sz housing in berlin: remaking social and political power, magnus hirschfeld. Hated by radical right as a jew, a man who sought compromise with allies.
