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About this book
Democracies are fragile. Freedoms that seem secure can be lost. Few historical events illustrate this as vividly as the failure of the Weimar Republic.
Fateful Hours tells one of the greatest dramas in world history: the failure of Germany's first democracy, culminating in the horrific rise of the Third Reich.
But this tragedy was not inevitable. In this gripping new book, celebrated historian Volker Ullrich charts the many failed alternatives and missed opportunities that contributed to German democracy's collapse. In an immersive style that takes us to the heart of political power, Ullrich argues that, right up until January 1933, history was open - just as in the present, it is up to us whether democracy lives or dies.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1: A Magical Beginning - The 1918â19 Revolution
- 2: Marching on Berlin - The KappâLĂŒttwitz Putsch
- 3: âThe Enemy Is on the Rightâ - The Murder of Walther Rathenau
- 4: Madhouse - The Occupation of the Ruhr Valley and Hyperinflation
- 5: The Turn to the Right - Ebertâs Death and Hindenburgâs Election
- 6: A Dark Day - The Collapse of the Final Grand Coalition
- 7: The Thuringia Model - Wilhelm Frickâs Fascist Cultural Revolution
- 8: The Beginning of the End - BrĂŒningâs Fall
- 9: The Hour of the Barons - Papenâs Prussian Coup DâĂ©tat
- 10: The Finish Line - The Transfer of Power to Hitler
- 11: Wait and See - Reactions to January 30, 1933
- Afterword and Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index
- Available and Coming Soon from Pushkin Press
- About the Authors
- Also by Volker Ullrich
- Copyright