9781529199550_

Germany, 1918: a country in flux. The First World War is lost, traditional values are shaken to their core, revolution is afoot and the victory of democracy beckons. Everything must change with the times. The country is abuzz with talk of the new woman, the new man, new living and new thinking.

What follows is the establishment of the Weimar Republic, an economic crisis and the transformation of Germany. A triumphant procession of liberated lifestyles emerges. Women conquer the racetracks and tennis courts, go out alone in the evenings, cut their hair short and cast the idea of marriage aside. Unisex style comes into fashion, androgynous and experimental. People revel in the discovery of leisure, filling up boxing halls, dance palaces and the hotspots of the New Age, embracing the department stores promise of happiness and accepting the streets as a place of fierce battles. So much of this short burst of life between the wars seems amazingly modern today, including, amidst a frenzy of change, the backlash from those who did not see themselves reflected in this new culture. Little by little, deep divisions in society began to emerge. Divisions that would have devastating consequences, altering the course of the twentieth century and the lives of millions around the world.

Praise for Aftermath by Harald Jhner:

Exemplary [and] important... This is the kind of book few writers possess the clarity of vision to write - Max Hastings, Sunday Times

A masterpiece - Spectator

Magnificent... There are great lessons in the nature of humanity to be learnt here - Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

Jhner is masterly in telling the tragic, despicable, comedic and uplifting stories of those who were there - Katja Hoyer, The Times

Thought-provoking... Jhners unflinching account is a reminder that historical truths are rarely simple and always nuanced - Daily Mail

A reminder that the German experience will always stand apart - Economist

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This is one of the most gripping accounts of an era spanning war defeat, humiliation and failed revolution in 1918 to the violence, intimidation and propaganda of the Nazis rise to power in 1933. It contains many lessons for the world now. - John Kampfner, bestselling author of Why The Germans Do It Better

Vertigo is outstanding. Harald Jhners gift for illuminating the big picture with telling detail gives the reader an uncanny sense of what it was actually like to be present in Germany during the Weimar Republic. This is history at its very best. - Julia Boyd, bestselling author of Travellers in the Third Reich

Germany, 1918: a country in flux. The First World War is over, the nation defeated. Revolution is afoot, the monarchy has fallen and the victory of democracy beckons. Everything must change with the times.

Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launches an unprecedented political project: its first democratic government. The Weimar Republic is established. The years that follow see political extremism, economic upheaval, revolutionary violence and the transformation of Germany. Tradition is shaken to its core as a triumphant procession of liberated lifestyles emerges. Women conquer the racetracks and tennis courts, go out alone in the evenings, cut their hair short and cast the idea of marriage aside. Unisex style comes into fashion, androgynous and experimental. People revel in the discovery of leisure, filling up boxing halls, dance palaces and the hotspots of the New Age, embracing the department stores promise of happiness and accepting the streets as a place of fierce political battles.

In this short burst of life between the wars, amidst a frenzy of change, comes a backlash from those who do not see themselves reflected in the new Republic. Little by little, deep divisions begin to emerge. Divisions that would bring devastating consequences, altering the course of the twentieth century and the lives of millions around the world. Vertigo is a vital, kaleidoscopic portrait of a pivotal moment in German history.

Praise for Aftermath by Harald Jhner:

Exemplary [and] important... This is the kind of book few writers possess the clarity of vision to write - Max Hastings, Sunday Times

A masterpiece - Spectator

Magnificent... There are great lessons in the nature of humanity to be learnt here - Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

Jhner is masterly in telling the tragic, despicable, comedic and uplifting stories of those who were there - Katja Hoyer, The Times

Thought-provoking... Jhners unflinching account is a reminder that historical truths are rarely simple and always nuanced - Daily Mail

A reminder that the German experience will always stand apart - Economist

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An Observer Book of the Year, 2024

Praise for Aftermath by Harald Jhner:

Exemplary [and] important... This is the kind of book few writers possess the clarity of vision to write - Max Hastings, Sunday Times

A masterpiece - Spectator

Magnificent... There are great lessons in the nature of humanity to be learnt here - Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

Jhner is masterly in telling the tragic, despicable, comedic and uplifting stories of those who were there - Katja Hoyer, The Times

Thought-provoking... Jhners unflinching account is a reminder that historical truths are rarely simple and always nuanced - Daily Mail

A reminder that the German experience will always stand apart - Economist

...(*_*)9781529199550_

Praise for Aftermath by Harald Jhner:

Exemplary [and] important... This is the kind of book few writers possess the clarity of vision to write - Max Hastings, Sunday Times

A masterpiece - Spectator

Magnificent... There are great lessons in the nature of humanity to be learnt here - Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

Jhner is masterly in telling the tragic, despicable, comedic and uplifting stories of those who were there - Katja Hoyer, The Times

Thought-provoking... Jhners unflinching account is a reminder that historical truths are rarely simple and always nuanced - Daily Mail

A reminder that the German experience will always stand apart Economist

...(*_*)9781529199550_

An Observer Book of the Year
One of the most gripping accounts... of the Nazis rise to power. It contains many lessons for the world now. - John Kampfner, bestselling author of Why The Germans Do It Better
Outstanding... This is history at its very best. - Julia Boyd, bestselling author of Travellers in the Third Reich

Germany, 1918: a country in flux. The First World War is over, the nation defeated. Revolution is afoot, the monarchy has fallen and the victory of democracy beckons. Everything must change with the times.

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