Social and cultural attitudes and policies (WEIMAR) Flashcards
How was a Weimar culture different to previous and Nazi Germany?
Saw a flourishing of cultural experimentation and a more liberal and tolerant atmosphere
After the First World War some women were…
Able to live a more independent and self-supporting way of life than had generally been possible before the war
What is evidence of women’s lives improving?
. More women were able to attend universities
. More women worked in professional occupations
How were big cities more liberal?
Berlin - young women dressed and behaved in a more relaxed way than previously:
. smoking
. sexually liberated
Despite a more liberal approach to women they still…
Continued to have traditional roles as wives and mothers within families - many German women had hostile views on the young ‘new woman’
How were gay people treated in Weimar Germany?
More accepted - gay culture flourished in Berlin - countless gay bars and gay publications in the 1920s and early 1930s
What artistic changes did Weimar Germany have?
. American jazz became very popular and began to influence the sound of German popular music - live music
. Germany had a world-leading industry and expressionist works in Cinema
How was education run in Weimar Germany?
. Focused on students personal development through positive encouragement
What was the goal of education policy?
To provide equal access to education to all students, regardless of their wealth - free education provided until age 14
What was the difference between primary and secondary school?
. Primary schools were far more liberal - religion or ability
was rarely reminded to children
. Whereas secondary schools some religious private schools remained
How were Jewish people discriminated against?
. Jewish people were informally excluded from certain professions, such as the judiciary
. Perception of jews as rich and greedy - 20% lived in poverty
How did racist attitudes about German ‘superiority’ continue?
. Discriminated against black people jazz musicians - from a colonised country thus not pure
. Many Europeans carried the same opinions
