About this episode

The episode explores how Weimar transformed from a cultural hub to a symbol of Germany's moral decline leading to the rise of the Third Reich.

How did Weimar, the town of Goethe and Schiller, become the crucible of Germany's moral collapse? Katja Hoyer, author of Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe , speaks to EI's Alastair Benn about the town's role in the rise of the Third Reich. Image: Adolf Hitler at the ‘Haus Elephant’ in Weimar, 1936. Credit: Alamy

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