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Weimar culture Flashcards

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how did the Weimar Constitution have a strong impact on Weimar culture?

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the Bill of Rights outlined freedom of speech and banned any form of censorship

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what was the culture in Imperial Germany?

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conservative
authoritarian
conformist

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with the Weimar Republic being liberal, what cultural values were upheld?

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toleration
reduced censorship

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what was Neue Sachlichkeit?

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new objectivity

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how did art show Neue Sachlichkeit?

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art would often portray the state of society
art held an aggressive style with strong political and social messages

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famous artists

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Otto Dix
George Grosz

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what did the work of Grosz often satirise?

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the right-wing elite in Germany
specifically the Junker class

cartoons and caricatures which held strong political messages

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which architecture developed in Weimar Germany?

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Bauhaus

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what architecture did Bauhaus influence?

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furniture
urban design
pottery

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what was Bauhaus architecture?

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a modern style of architecture

was very simplistic

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who founded Bauhaus architecture?

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Walter Gropius

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what materials did Bauhaus architecture use?

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steel
cement
plastic

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how far did literature conform to Neue Sachlichkeit?

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not as much as art
the most popular art remained the traditional nostalgic writing

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which Weimar author won the Nobel Prize for literature?

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Thomas Mann

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what was expressionism?

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form of art which focussed on expressing feelings through symbolism, exaggeration or distorition

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famous Weimar book

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All Quiet on the Western Front

17
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what was All Quiet on the Western Front about?

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first book to depict the horrors of WW1

also showed the detachment from civilian life which many soldiers experienced after the war

18
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why was All Quiet on the Western Front a controversial book?

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it was extremely pacifist so was heavily criticised by the right-wing

19
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how many copies of All Quiet on the Western Front were sold in the first 18 months of release?

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2.5 million

20
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what was Zeittheater?

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theatre of the time

21
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what did Zeittheater often display?

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explicit left-wing sympathies

22
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what methods would Zeittheater use which were new to German theatre?

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use of banners, slogans and film

23
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what did Weimar Germany take from culture in the USA?

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jazz
consumerism

24
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what emerged in the 1920s in terms of culture around the world?

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mass media:
- film
- radio

25
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notable German film in the 1920s

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Metropolis (sci-fi film) in 1926

26
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what did Metropolis present the future world to be?

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it raised concerns over the direction of a modernised industrial society which was developing in Germany

27
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what organisation controlled the German film market?

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UFA

28
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who owned the UFA?

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Alfred Hugenberg

29
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what showed that Weimar culture was not just German?

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the popularity of American films such as the comedies of Charlie Chaplin

30
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when was the German Radio Company formed?

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1923

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what did the German Radio Company do?

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it ran a network of 9 radio stations across Germany

32
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by 1932, how many Germans had a radio?

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1 in 4

33
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which city had embraced both traditional and expressionist culture in Germany?

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Berlin

34
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what was cabaret?

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theatre which mocked traditional German values

35
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what did cabaret include?

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jazz music
women dancers
nudity

36
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how did sexuality play a part in experimentalism?

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many turned to homosexuality and transvestism to express themselves

37
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what was the split in opinion on Weimar culture?

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many enjoyed the new ideas and expressionism

traditionalists (a large majority) were horrified by what culture had become

38
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what had Weimar culture played a major part in causing?

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the polarisation of the German people

39
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how had culure polarised the German people?

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traditionalists who were heavily critical of the new expressionism in Germany were opposed to Weimar liberalism and those who indulged in it

Germany History A-Level (54 decks)

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