Sources on the German Revolution of 1918, and Weimar Germany in general

[Karl the Writer]

I am currently writing a story about the Weimar Republic, and I am looking for (preferably online) sources about German Revolution and the Weimar Republic in general.

I’ve seen Wikipedia, Firstworldwar.com, and The Great War and Between Two Wars series. However, I would like to diversify my sources into other areas, both to avoid Wikipedias’ dubiousness and simply to have access to more information. I didn’t know if this belongs in Writers Forum or in here, so I just had it posted here.

 

[CHKeeley]

Are you looking for books? journal articles? or just websites?

 

[NoMommsen]

If you're looking for kinda comprehwnsive "guide" through this time abd its event like what's to be found for the First World War - though the Post-war section of this site might also offer you some insights - I don't know of any.

But ... however 'bad' the reputation of wiki article are here around, looking at several language versions of it (esp. the german one, use of some translator recomended) and there esp. at their sources and sourcing which you might be able to find around the web ... elsewhere you have at least kinda 'guide' to look for more comprehensive information on certain events, persons, etc.

 

[Enigmajones]

Ernst Hanfstaengal's biography is great, especially in its history of the early Nazi Party.

 

[Karl the Writer]

Are you looking for books? journal articles? or just websites?

Journal Articles, books, and websites all work. All that matters is accuracy.

 

[Garrison]

Unfortunately, I think you are going to have to look to books rather than websites for Indepth information. Wages of Destruction covers a lot about the economic policies of Weimar as part of its overall narrative about the Nazi economy.

 

[Karl the Writer]

Unfortunately, I think you are going to have to look to books rather than websites for Indepth information. Wages of Destruction covers a lot about the economic policies of Weimar as part of its overall narrative about the Nazi economy.

Alright. I’ll see if I can get that. Any other books you know about on this subject?

 

[NoMommsen]

Just disovered that there's kinda THE standard work (at least for german scholary) for an overall look at the Weimar Republik of Hans Mommsen also available in english.

However, for interest in whatever 'special' topic - certain persons, organisations, sports. culture, etc. you should look up monographies of these (as said: as a good starting point for looking for such sources wikipedia still can serve).

 

[Teutonic_Thrash]

Here's the bibliography for my own German Revolution timeline. I've included the whole thing, so some of it may not be of use to you.

Wikipedia, including articles in translated foreign languages.

1914-1918 online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War.

Revolutionary Russia, academic journal published by T&F Online.

German Communists: Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 and Who was who in the DDR? A dictionary of East German biographies, online database from the Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung.



Tomas Balkelis, ‘Demobilization and Remobilization of German and Lithuanian Paramilitaries after the First World War’, Journal of Contemporary History (2015).

Charles L. Bertrand, ‘The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920’, Historical Reflections (1982).

György Borsányi, The Life of a Communist Revolutionary, Béla Kun.

Pierre Broué, The German Revolution 1917-1923.

Nicholas W. Coombs, Lev Kamenev: A Case Study in ‘Bolshevik Centrism’.

Gilles Dauvé and Denis Authier, The Communist Left in Germany 1918-1921.

Ralph Darlington, ‘Syndicalism and Strikes, Leadership and Influence: Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States’, International Labor and Working-Class History (2013).

Lara Douds, Inside Lenin’s Government. Ideology, Power and Practice in the Early Soviet State.

Theodore Draper, The Roots of American Communism.

Pieter van Duin, Central European Crossroads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in Bratislava (Pressburg) 1867-1921.

John M. Foot, ‘‘White Bolsheviks’? The Catholic Left and the Socialists in Italy-1919-1920’, The Historical Journal (1997).

Weimar Communism as Mass Movement 1918-1933, edited by Ralf Hoffrogge and Norman LaPorte.

Charles R. Holm, Black Radicals and Marxist Internationalism: From the IWMA to the Fourth International, 1864-1948.

Erin K. Jenne, Ethnic Bargaining: The Paradox of Minority Empowerment.

Moshe Lewin, Lenin’s Last Struggle.

James D. White, ‘National Communism and World Revolution: The Political Consequences of German Military Withdrawal from the Baltic Area in 1918-19’, Europe-Asia Studies (1994).

 

[Garrison]

Alright. I’ll see if I can get that. Any other books you know about on this subject?

That's probably the best one I can think of in terms of explaining how Weimar painted itself into a corner economically.

 

[marathag]

I am currently writing a story about the Weimar Republic, and I am looking for (preferably online) sources about German Revolution and the Weimar Republic in general.

I’ve seen Wikipedia, Firstworldwar.com, and The Great War and Between Two Wars series. However, I would like to diversify my sources into other areas, both to avoid Wikipedias’ dubiousness and simply to have access to more information. I didn’t know if this belongs in Writers Forum or in here, so I just had it posted here.

Look at the German wiki, thru a translator if necessary.
It goes into detail a bit deeper than the English, last time I poked around in it