The German elections showed rising support for the far-right AfD, and increased dissatisfaction running rampant in German society, Polish columnist Bartosz T. Wielinski asks whether this runs the risk ...

Like in the Weimar Republic Will the government of Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz, who has just won the election, be more effective? First, it has to be formed with other parties as coalition ...

On March 23, the Reichstag delegates met across the street from the burned ruins of the Reichstag in the Kroll Opera House.

During the final elections of the Weimar Republic, the Catholic hierarchy took an unambiguously anti-Nazi stance, with one historian, Ernst Deuerlein, saying no one of public standing opposed the ...

The new constitution was agreed in August 1919 and the first elections in what became known as the Weimar Republic took place in June 1920, electing Ebert as Germany’s new President. In early ...

As the end of the Weimar Republic looms, the darkest chapter in German history begins. On March 5, 1933, new elections will give Hitler’s party complete power. But in these five weeks preceding ...

Hence, it became known as the Weimar Republic. Parliament was elected through a system of proportional representation. This resulted in the election of many small parties. It was difficult for one ...

As the end of the Weimar Republic looms, the darkest chapter in German history begins. On March 5, 1933, new elections will give Hitler’s party complete power. But in these five weeks preceding the ...