Essays on Second Reich

Essay for Lesson 4: The Decline of the Weimar Republic and the Rise of the Nazi Party

Introduction Germany experienced a drastic fall after the First World War with the establishment of the Weimar Republic. What was left of German national pride prevalent throughout the duration of the Second Reich fell into shambles when the Treaty of Versailles came into effect – an agreement that sought to magnify the accountability of Germany for the damages caused by the First World War. German territorial domains shrunk to dismaying proportions due to the Treaty of Versailles, while the Weimar Republic failed to represent the consensus of German nationalists, who argued that Germany was not responsible for the First World ...

Essay for Lesson 3: German Expressionism and Dadaism

Introduction Revolutionary forms of art have dominated much of Germany, apparently as a reaction to the First World War. The era in which the First World War took place – throughout the 1910s, featured artists coming together against what they think the pointless aggression said major conflict brought. German artists, in particular, protested against the social structures prevalent during the 1910s, within which the social structures of the Second Reich were prevalent. German society initially saw film, in particular, as quite an inelegant alternative to the bourgeoisie-associated theater. Such is due to the inability of the domestic film industry in ...