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Ther, Vanessa - ‘Humans Are Cheap and the Bread is Dear.’ Republican Portrayals of the War Experience in Weimar Germany

Keywords:

Germany's war experience | Weimar Republic

ISFWWS-Keywords:

Germany | Society | Legacy | Literature | Culture | Experience of combat | Home fronts | Masculinity

Abstract:

The Weimar Republic was essentially defined by Germany's war experience, positively as a reaction against further bloodshed and negatively as a refusal to admit the reality of defeat. This chapter discusses the depiction of particular themes…