1. Culture in Weimar Germany
Though Germany was still delicately balanced politically and economically, the Stresemann years of the 1920s included a major flowering of the arts and science in the republic, leading to Berlin becoming the cultural center of Europe at the time.

2. Architecture
The establishment of the Bauhaus school of design by Walter Gropius
Became leading center for art and design but was closed by the Nazis in 1933 because of its radical approaches to teaching and research
Major figures left Germany to live in the USA and the current state of Israel, where many buildings follow the Bauhaus style
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3. Art
The growth of the modernist movement, particularly expressionism and abstract expressionism
Major figures were Paul Klee, Otto Dix, Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckmann
Left: Inneres Kochen (Inner Simmering), 1925 by W. Kandinsky ( objects.com/book/cover.html)

4. Literature
Writers such as Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse and Erich Remarque became world famous
Bertolt Brecht won the Nobel prize for literature
“THERE are some marriages, and not even an imagination fed up on novels can explain how they came about. They must simply be accepted, the way we accept a juxtaposition of opposing qualities on the stage, such as old-and- stupid over against beautiful-and-full-of- life -- which are presupposed, taken for granted as the basis for erecting a farcewith the proper mathematics.”
Translated excerpt from Loulou by Thomas Mann
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5. Theatre and cinema
Provocative and socialist theatre and cabaret flourished, creating a strong entertainment industry
Berlin became a world leader in cinema, with directors such as fritz Lang and Ernst Lubitsch making more films as a single country that the rest of Europe combined.
Right: Promotional poster for the1922 film Nosferatu, directed by Murnau

6. Science
Germany had the post educated population in Europe, and this was reflected in the several Nobel prizes won by Germans in the period by several prominent international scientists including Albert Einstein
The motor industry flourished, also the development of the zeppelin and advancements in communication occurred
Right: the Graf zeppelin, the first airship to fly around the world (Source:images.encarta.msn.com)

7. MUSIC
Popular Music becomes an extension of what is performed in the cabarets and public houses of Berlin.
Composer/performers such as Willy Rosen, Erich Ziegler, Paul O’Montis, Max Ehrlich and Kurt Schwabach become household names and producer/performers of the “Deutsche Schläger”
“Art Music” becomes a reflection of the Imperial Age; old fashioned and out of style
Jazz music reflects the fascination with all things American
Willy Rosen, picture courtesy of Voelker Kuehn