Weimar culture Flashcards
Article 109
Men and women have the same fundamental rights
Article 118
No censorship, although ‘obscene’ works would be banned
Prostitution laws
1920 - Phased closure of legal brothels
1927 - Prosititution decriminalised
Laws against ethnic minorities
1926 Bavaria passed laws restricting rights of Gypsies
By 1927 they had to carry identity cards
The New Woman
Short hair & skirt
Worked in office or the arts
Independent
Percentage increase of women working commerce and transport
82.3%
Percentage decrease of women working in domestic service
17.15 to 12.5%
Women’s rights improved because
BDF (feminist group) 900,000 members
SPD supported them
Could vote and run for office
Women’s rights didn’t improve because
abortion and birth control were illegal
Kinder Kuche Kirche was common
Treatment of Jews
Prospered - 11% of doctors, 16% of lawyers
Prejudice worsened into late 20s as depression
700 anti semitic journals in circulation
Key changes in education
Abolition of elite preparatory schools
Reduced religious control
Aufbauschule offered ‘Gymnasium’ type education to academic working class kids
Education stayed the same because
Class divide - 2.3% of graduates were working class
Secondary school and uni unreformed
Churches ran private school
Famous artists
Otto Dix, George Crosz. V impressionist, could be shocking
Famous films
Metropolis by Fritz Lang
Weimar was centre of exciting film making
Famous literature
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque
