Weimar Culture

Question 1

Changes for Women

• Attitudes
• Types of women
• Political, Legal, Social, Economic

Answer 1

Changes for Women

• Attitudes were better, more employment - but new women linked to social degeneration
• Types of women - Young, Urban, Working, Single women had biggest change
• Political and Legal - Big change;Socially more liberal but still traditional, Economically independent but at lower pay only when single

Question 2

Ethnic Minorities

• Social
• Political and Legal
• Economic
• Cultural

Answer 2

Ethnic Minorities

• Socially, integrated Jews, Danes, Poles and Black Musicians treated well, but Eastern Jews and Gypsies discriminated
• Politically and Legally had equal right, but was infringed upon for Gypsies in Bavaria, and traditional Judiciary didn’t lean favourably
• Economically Jews did well in specific areas compared to general population, but underrepresented in others; Eastern Jews and Gypsies often lived in Poverty
• Culturally, Danes and Poles allowed to keep language and culture, but there was an attitude of assimilation especially for Eastern Jews

Question 3

Education

• Access
• Teaching Methods
• Curriculum
• Organisation
• Standards

Answer 3

Education

• Access increased to lower classes for standardised schools
• Teaching Methods changed, removing authoritarianism with a mutual relationship
• Curriculum educated in morals, responsibility, development, vocation and international reconciliation
• Organisation - Elementary, Secondary (unreformed) and University remained
• Standards - Religious lines still divided schools, schools still were often class based

Question 4

Culture 1

• Jazz
• Theatre
• Architecture/Design
• Literature

Answer 4

Culture 1

• Jazz was popular along with other Americanisms, tolerance of Black people
• Street Theatre developed, and theatre critiqued capitalism
• Architecture/Design - Bauhaus based on geometry instead of classicalism, controversial
• Literature - Often a focus on War, both pro and anti

Question 5

Culture 2

• Art
• Film
• Cabaret
• Decadence

Answer 5

Culture 2

• Art - Expressionism (Dix and Grosz) could be shocking
• Film creativity had Berlin as a centre, new and exciting - Sci-Fi
• Cabaret - Political Satire, New Woman, Berlin, Bawdy
• Decadence - Tolerance of homosexuality, crossdressing and sexual liberation seen as decadence by conservatives

Question 6

Why did Culture not change

• Range
• Tradition
• Previous Developments

Answer 6

Why did Culture not change

• Range was limited to Urban areas and large cities, so rural people were not exposed to this new culture
• Tradition was rooted still, with choirs, folk, church and beer still thriving more than any new activity
• Previous Developments before WW1 still occurred with experimental art