The Weimar Republic Shaped the 20th Century. Can Today’s Leaders Avoid Its Fate?

Scritto il 12/01/2026
da Clay Risen

A fragile democracy, the Weimar Republic, briefly took hold in Germany before the Nazis seized power. Now, Weimar’s collapse is seen as a warning.The German National Theater in Weimar, Germany, where leaders met in 1919 to create a new national Constitution.