Weimar Republic

Victor Sebestyen has published a new book, 'Weimar Germany,' examined in a review by The New York Times. The work revisits the short-lived German republic of 1919–1933, its cultural experimentation and political instability, and the conditions that led to its collapse. Reviews of new histories of the era tend to attract attention amid ongoing debates about democracy's fragility and echoes of the period in current politics.

A discussion event on cinema censorship and the depiction of sexuality is drawing attention, featuring historian Anja Laukötter of the University of Jena. She traces how norms around sex on screen have shifted from the educational films of the Weimar Republic to the present day, examining changing emotional and moral standards in film.