FROM DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP: GERMAN HISTORY, 1890-1945

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

From 1890-1945, Germans experienced dramatic changes in their political environment. This lecture class will examine these changes, taking into account not only political history, but also attempts to come to terms with the challenges posed by organized capitalism, the rise and fall of socialism, the development of an interventionist state, cultural critique, and political culture, the Nazi social revolution, and the Holocaust. Taught in English. Cross-list: GERM 345 .