Book Launch: Dictatorships and Authoritarianism in Modern German History

The author in conversation with Prof. James Crossland (LJMU)

Dictatorships have been a defining feature of modern German history. The Nazi dictatorship between 1933 and 1945, which brought about the Second World War and the Holocaust, is still taught in schools and universities as the prime example of the destructiveness of ideologically driven regimes in the 20th century; the state-socialist regime in the German Democratic Republic that lasted for over 40 years bore many of the same dictatorial features. Yet, authoritarian mindsets and practices also featured in the politics of the imperial period after 1871. Even in the democratic Weimar Republic and the Federal Republic after 1945, authoritarianism continued to pose a challenge.

Professor James Crossland and André Keil will discuss this exciting new book and will offer some broader perspectives on how modern societies should confront the "allure of authoritarianism".

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