The Weimar Republic was born with the need to end the problems of the most recent German past. Among them was not only the deliberation and peace agreement of Versailles, which included excessive territorial divisions, economic repairs, as well as discriminations in the field of international law and that kept it until its end occupied with the liquidation of the mortgages generated by the War and who threatened their existence. That is why its history can only be written taking into account your background and fragility. But is this closely adequate optic historically, is it just just? Should not it be recognized for being the first attempt to found a democracy under unfavorable conditions? There is no doubt that his success opportunities were very small, but he was not condemned to failure.

Weimar's story would result in an unintelligible issue, without the example that his failure offers us as the republic and the consequences derived from it. It is a lesson in contemporary history, a lesson of permanent news about the potential and risks of a democracy. The history of the Republic was dominated by a melancholic ambivalence, whose central aspects examines this book, whose masterful interpretation by Horst Möller have become a reference.