Wonderful show, the conversational tone was top notch. Thank you Woody and Dr. McDonough. Sobering historical context for current assaults on democracy.

I found it very refreshing to get a bit of a new perspective on the Weimar Republic, at least on some aspects. I enjoyed it particularly, how Frank narrated these time period in a very nice conversation tone, beautifully making an arc over 15 years.

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Of course we only did a shallow dive in to what Frank covers in the book, but it was a super chat, as viewers can probably tell, I loved it

This is a pretty comprehensive presentation covering socio-economic situation of the important era, which is often overlooked.

Well, that was a "tour de force" by Prof. McDonough. Marvelous.

A brilliant presentation, I cant wait for the WHW recording now. Dr M explains things in a clear and concise way which gives an understanding while not over complicating matters. I need his book!

That was a fantastic talk about a consequential time between the 2 wars. Prof. McDonough needs to come back to take a deeper dive.

@philbosworth3789

8 ай бұрын

@abdreasfiege8388 he does, and so do you.

@andreasfiege8388

8 ай бұрын

@@philbosworth3789 thanks Phil, you're to kind

@davidlavigne207

8 ай бұрын

I agree with Phil. One day you must give a presentation from the German perspective. I enjoy your questions and comments. "Zer gut mine Heer!

Excellent show from Professor Frank McDonough. Another book l will have to buy.

Can't wait to read this book!! Thank you and Dr. McDonough for the outstanding conversation!!

Great job as always.👍

Superb presentation. Thank you both.

Absolutely wonderful show and very enlightening. Sorry to have missed this live. Thanks Woody and Frank.

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Awesome video this is a time I don’t often think about

What a great discussion from Prof. Frank. A masterclass to use a Woody description. And great sidebar input from all, but an especial shout out to @Andreas Feige for his contribution there today.

@PurpleCat9794

8 ай бұрын

Man i missed the whole show. I want to cry!

@philbosworth3789

8 ай бұрын

@@PurpleCat9794 I hope you have now watched it on catch up. The sidebar content/input was excellent.

@lllordllloyd

8 ай бұрын

I came to say exactly this. This lecture is a wonderful complement to that of Katya Hoyer a year or so ago. This period was an historical oddity when I studied it at school, but today it is so relevant.

@philbosworth3789

8 ай бұрын

@@lllordllloyd I agree with what you say re Katya, and how relevant this is to what's happening all over the world today. Why can't we learn?

Another excellent show

Economic policy/Politics explained in laymans terms: An excellent communicator, Thankyou sirs.👏

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Yes exactly, Frank is a master at making the complicated easy to understand

Thanks Paul and Frank for taking me back to Flinders University in Adelaide in 1995 and 1st year . x

One thing I would like to add regarding "Babylon Berlin": I have not watched the series, because I did not want to spoil the excellent pictures and storytelling that I got from Volker Kutscher's books, that are the basis for the series. In the books it is masterly shown, how the Nazis, from novel to novel first have the power on the streets, then gradually spread their tentacles through the Prussian Police, the State's institutions and society as a whole. I can only recommend these books. The glamorous side of Berlin plays a role from time to time, but often in connection with the underworld.

Brilliant stuff

This was brilliant, I look forward to reading the professor's book.

Another WW2TV masterclass!

Woody/Frank. Thank you for such an interesting presentation. The title of this episode didn’t really interest me but thanks to you Woody, following your recommendation during the Cephalonia episode, I have watched this to my benefit! Learnt a lot. Thanks gents. Bob

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. I thought about giving the show a more click-baity title but that's not my style

Excellent.. 😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Great subject!

Just an outstanding lecture. Have to buy the book.

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Please do! It's a cracking read

One of those WOW presentations!

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

I know, right?

Nice

Paul, Thanks for this talk with Frank on the Weimar Republic and what was admittedly a very involved and complicated period in German politics. It bears further study but Frank makes interesting observations on the role of Stresseman and also on Hitler's rise to power after the Wall Street Crash.

Amazing presentation by Frank. Most of the things he spoke of today were not on my radar and need to watch it again. Yes, Hitler has been sucking the oxygen of the air when it comes to this period. People need to learn the lessons of history, is essentially what Frank is saying at the end. I think I need to make Professor Frank McDonough memes quoting his words of wisdom. Thanks as always Woody, for keeping history alive.

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Perfectly put Susan

@philbosworth3789

8 ай бұрын

@susanyu6507 People certainly need to learn the lessons of history or we're doomed to repeat the misery. At least us here on Woody's excellent channel are prepared to learn. Sadly, there's not enough of us as yet.

@susanyu6507

8 ай бұрын

@@WW2TV Andreas would be a great guest. A good Q & A session.

Brilliant. I know a bit of this, but Dr McDonough lays t plain fora dingbat like me. ETA: Shirer, though dated, goes into the fall of Weimar into detail as well.

Something I forgot to put in my comment. Frank, you did this presentation with no PowerPoint, notes, books etc. you know your subject Sir!

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Frank doesn't do powerpoints lol. He is a freestyle jazz historian

Very enlightening show. Thank you Dr McDonough and Paul. It helps bridge the gap between the end of ww1 and the rise of nazism.

Bauhaus architecture - LOL, right on!

This was a fantastic conversation! Book doesn’t come out until September..if I die before I get a chance to read this book I will be very annoyed.

@WW2TV

2 ай бұрын

Frank's book came out in August 2023

@tannerhagen774

2 ай бұрын

@@WW2TV Oh, odd. Barnes and Noble & Amazon say September the book will be ready, maybe just in the States? I’ll check different companies, thanks.

What happened in the Weimar Republic seems somewhat similar to the US today without the assassinations.

Enjoyed the episode. One thing the guest said surely must be intentionally dramatic exaggeration, not to be taken as true. It was something along the line that the messaging to rural Germans was vote for Hitler so you wouldn't need vote in the future once the dictatorship was established.

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Yes of course he was simplifying it into a punchy soundbite

The turkeys keep voting for Christmas because they're faithfully listening to their radios where they hear about how, if not for Christmas, there wouldn't be any reason to have turkeys, and also that the chickens and ducks might swoop in and steal their feed.

@philbosworth3789

8 ай бұрын

LOL @mrk2197 A nice summary

Excellent question at 18:00 about breaking up Germany. Germany had only been a unified nation for ~50-55 years in the immediate postwar years. Another great what if.

@MrJonnyl123

6 ай бұрын

Good chance that a split up Germany could have been overrun by the Soviet Union tho. Most British and French politicians wanted Germany as a bulwark in Europe against the new soviet state

Read another book on that period The Kings Depart R. M. Watt

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

That's an old book though. Much more archival information to study these days

This is the most important stuff. Any trained monkey can talk about some ss unit, but true pros look at the root reasons how imperial Germany reformed to be a liberalish republic and ending up as a totalitarian right wing dictatorship. We need more shows like this.

13:30 BRRRRP BRRRRP

I live in rural Kansas. I represent four small cities. Your point about the farmers and self-employed supporting Hitler in rural Germany is well taken. The farmers, the rural self-employed, and the subsistence workers in 2016-present America are supporting Trump. Sheesh.

He mis-states that majority of fighting was done on German soil. I think he meant French soil.

Good comparison of the Freikorps thugs with modern-day Wagner Group.

I kinda get feeling this guy is romanticizing what austerity policy looks like. Then when he said omg who wants to live in bauhaus. "They forgot people want garden" It feels entitled considering how vast majority of people live. Also catholics may be against nazis before nazis were in power but thats definitely not what i heard about center catholics after weimar went dodo. The ending part about democracy is just.. he is so naive, nobody really should listen to him when it comes to politics. Other than that i enjoyed the video.

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

He just meant that the style of Bauhaus is not to his tastes, it wasn't anything about gardens. Frank grew up in a very working class part of Liverpool. I disagree with you about Frank's politics, I think we should listen to historians like him. But thanks for the comment

@robertkalinic335

8 ай бұрын

@@WW2TV Growing up in a working class part of city doesn't mean he was or is working class. It is also favorite excuse for middle to ultra wealthy out of touch people when their politics are questioned.

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Frank is neither ultra wealthy or out of touch

@robertkalinic335

8 ай бұрын

@@WW2TV My point is he is wrong and there wont be anything democratic under capitalism, hitler taking trips by plane before elections when they were ultra expensive is great on topic example why blindly believe just voting does anything is wrong. I wonder how could he afford that. Split of left and communist uprisings were only mentioned as example of weimar instability, if he dove into them then i wonder if he could look at the most democratic system of the time as the people who were living under it and... tried to overthrow it.

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

let's leave it here. Frank is a highly respected, highly regarded historian who has spent a decade writing this trilogy. Clearly you disagree with him, that's fine

Sorry I missed this live. One can make the argument that The Weimar Years= the current period in the US. BTW, even if a country has a written constitution, like in the US, it does not matter if the built in checks and balances are not followed or outright unconstitutionally changed like the Left is doing in the US.

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Perhaps the last 10/15 years or so?

Hopefully the Biden years will have have a similar conclusion. #MAGA2024 #MGGAAfD

@WW2TV

8 ай бұрын

Lets try and keep individual political opinions off the comments please. Talking in generalities is fine but we have viewers from across the spectrum

@susanyu6507

8 ай бұрын

The US is a multi-racial democracy. As Professor McDonough said, beware of people that offer you nothing.