3. Development of Culture in Weimar Germany

Question 1

What art movement occurred during the golden years?

Answer 1

The New Objectivity Movement

Question 2

What did paintings during the New Objectivity movement include?

Answer 2

Political and social messages

Question 3

German film industry during 1920s

Answer 3

Most advanced film industry in Europe

Question 4

What culture emerged in the 1920s?

Answer 4

Modern mass (popular) culture

Question 5

What was Weimar Germany in the 1920s a period of?

Answer 5

Cultural experimentation

Question 6

How did most Germans react to cultural experimentation?

Answer 6

Most Germans were horrified by it as they saw it as a decline in traditional moral and cultural standards

Question 7

What were many right-wing supporters worried about during period of cultural experimentation?

Answer 7

Increasing number of Jewish writers, intellectuals and artists
Increasing Americanisation of German culture
Increasing number of left-wing artists

Question 8

What did Weimar society become in the 1920s?

Answer 8

Polarised