This is the text of “Weimar in Waltham,” the talk on the early history of Brandeis with which Max Richter Professor of American Civilization Stephen J. Whitfield opened the Dec. 15 faculty symposium ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract European women, who were experiencing political and social emancipation in the period following the First World War, were also faced with ...

Gustav Stresemann, Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic from 1923 to 1929, at the General Assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva. (Wikimedia Commons). If the object of learning history is ...

A snapshot of Berlin between the world wars includes nudist magazines devoted entirely to children; glittering cabaret shows parading acres of sweaty, perfumed female flesh; and an endless supply of ...

In the 1920s, Yiddish was more than just a lingua franca for East European Jewish émigrés; it was also a language of high culture, as demonstrated by a brilliant new book, “Yiddish in Weimar Berlin: ...

Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture has been strained by Oct. 7 and the rise of the far-right. What happens if Germany ...

A push to revitalise Yiddish and its cultural traditions has gained momentum in Germany, the very place where the Nazi regime ...

Few European cities have a history as culturally rich as Weimar, once home to Goethe, a giant of world literature It is difficult not to fall in love with the young Sibylle von JUlich-Kleve-Berg, as ...

An Israeli artist is challenging boundaries – national, political and artistic – with his project to create a Jewish state in former East Germany. BERLIN (JTA) – An Israeli artist is challenging ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Weimar popular fiction abounded with stereotypical representations, and today those of Jewish life and culture appear particularly egregious.

Middlebury College Museum of Art, with its small but impressive permanent displays and consistently strong special shows, serves as a valuable cultural resource for both locals and visitors. But ...