Weimar’s descent into darkness

May 7, 2026

How did Weimar, the town of Goethe and Schiller, become the crucible of Germany’s moral collapse? Katja Hoyer, author of ‘Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe’, speaks to EI’s Alastair Benn about the town's role in the rise of the Third Reich.

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