The Reichstag - From Imperial Germany to the Berlin Republic

The Reichstag powerfully evokes the discontinuities, catastrophes and successes of Germany's modern history. Before the Nazi seizure of power, the shape of German democracy was fought over in the Reichstag chamber as well as in Weimar and on the streets. The flames that destroyed that chamber in 1933 heralded the end of freedom. In 1999 the parliament of reunited Germany convened for the first time in the now comprehensively modernised Reichstag. Succinctly and vividly, Jan Martin Ogiermann tells the story of the Reichstag from conception to the present day.

About the author

Jan Martin Ogiermann, geb. 1975, studierte Geschichte und Jüdische Studien in Frankfurt, Jerusalem und Potsdam sowie Holocaust Studies in Berlin, Mitarbeit an zeitgeschichtlichen Internetseiten, darunter für den Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. Jan Martin Ogiermann lebt als freier Autor und Lektor in Berlin.

Summary

The Reichstag powerfully evokes the discontinuities, catastrophes and successes of Germany’s modern history. Before the Nazi seizure of power, the shape of German democracy was fought over in the Reichstag chamber as well as in Weimar and on the streets. The flames that destroyed that chamber in 1933 heralded the end of freedom. In 1999 the parliament of reunited Germany convened for the first time in the now comprehensively modernised Reichstag. Succinctly and vividly, Jan Martin Ogiermann tells the story of the Reichstag from conception to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Jan M. Ogiermann, Jan Martin Ogiermann
• Assisted by: James Michael Loughridge (Translation)
• Publisher: Ch. Links Verlag
• Original title: Der Reichstag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2017
• EAN: 9783861539803
• ISBN: 978-3-86153-980-3
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 147 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 67 g
• Illustrations: 9 farbige und 23 s/w-Abbildungen
• Series: Historic Places; Historic Places
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; Parlament, Geschichte, Demokratie, Bundestag, Berlin, Deutschland: Weimarer Republik (1918 bis 1933 n. Chr.), Deutschland: Kalter Krieg (1945 bis 1990 n. Chr.), Deutschland: Nationalsozialismus (1933–1945), Democracy, parliament