Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe

From bestselling historian Katja Hoyer comes a gripping story of life during the rise and reign of Hitler through the eyes of the people of WeimarWeimar looms large in German history: a crucible of democracy and dictatorship.This ancient town nestled in the heart of the country was home to some of Europe's greatest thinkers, Goethe and Schiller, Liszt and Nietzsche among them.It gave its name to the ambitious Weimar Republic crafted in the aftermath of the First World War.But it was also where fascism took hold. Where Bauhaus architects first experimented with new ways of living, Buchenwald was dug out of a beech forest. Weimar shows us a town and its people on the edge of catastrophe.Drawing on a wealth of new archival research, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer takes us from 1919 to 1939 as she tells the stories of the men and women who lived through the new republic and Hitler's regime.We encounter a vividly drawn cast of characters, from bookbinder Carl Weirich and hotel owners Rosa