The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/weimar-republic/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:52:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Weimar Republic | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/weimar-republic/ 32 32 During renovation, German town finds 110-year-old mural for a Jewish business https://www.timesofisrael.com/during-renovation-german-town-finds-110-year-old-mural-for-a-jewish-business/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:21:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2337196 Gelsenkirchen plans to preserve advertising for Alexander family's clothing store; prominent Jewish family later had businesses and property expropriated by the Nazis

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]]> As Bauhaus turns 100, iconic creations such as Tel Aviv’s ‘White City’ live on https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-bauhaus-turns-100-iconic-creations-such-as-tel-avivs-white-city-live-on/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:12:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2001580 In sending its disciples into exile, the Nazis ironically ensured the worldwide spread of 20th century's most influential design school

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]]> When zeppelin fever came to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, 89 years ago https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-zeppelin-fever-came-to-tel-aviv-and-jerusalem-89-years-ago/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 03:47:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1796913 On Purim 1929, a famed German airship dropped confetti on 80,000 coastal revelers as, on board, two prominent Zionists read the Book of Esther above the holy city

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]]> The 1924 trial of Adolf Hitler that made the Nazi party a household name https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-1924-trial-of-adolf-hitler-that-made-the-nazi-party-a-household-name/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:24:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1773196 According to a new book, the future architect of the Holocaust was tried long before his genocidal crimes -- and ironically, his guilt launched him into popularity

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]]> Germany cracks down on ‘Citizens of the Reich’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-cracks-down-on-citizens-of-the-reich/ Sat, 28 Jan 2017 06:28:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1549694 Reichsbuerger movement said to follow an 'ideological mix of conspiracy theories, anti-Semitic and anti-democratic views'

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]]> On stage in LA, a sisterhood of survival in pre-Nazi Germany https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-stage-in-la-a-sisterhood-of-survival-in-pre-nazi-germany/ Thu, 03 Mar 2016 21:56:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1347469 Two-woman show ‘My Sister’ explores life in Germany's Weimar Republic, and the ominous threats on the horizon

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]]> Brussels police disperse rally supporting banned far-right event https://www.timesofisrael.com/brussels-police-disperse-rally-supporting-banned-far-right-event/ Sun, 04 May 2014 17:16:47 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=972228 Water cannon used against crowd protesting cancelation of 'anti-Semitic hate-fest' featuring quenelle inventor

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]]> Former Jewish refugee recalls his neighbor from hell: Hitler https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-jewish-refugee-recalls-his-neighbor-from-hell-hitler/ Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:30:19 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=340206 After years of hesitation, 88-year-old Edgar Feuchtwanger decided to record his memories of growing up across the street from the Nazi tyrant

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]]> Semitic cinema invades Manhattan https://www.timesofisrael.com/semitic-cinema-invades-manhattan/ Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:59:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=338196 Opening Wednesday, the New York Jewish Film Festival features a lineup ranging from respectful dramas to Hebraic horror

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