Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

From the author of the international bestseller Beyond the Wall, a history of interwar Germany told through the town of Weimar, the cultural capital that was both the birthplace of the country’s first full democracy and a launchpad for the Nazis.

“Katja Hoyer is a humane and compassionate writer, and her gripping book is poignant reading in our present circumstances.” —Benjamin Carter Hett, author of The Death of Democracy

The Central German town of Weimar is perhap...