How Democracy Can Fail: Lessons From Germany

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Democracies can fail. Current events have raised the question of how stable or fragile democratic structures are, and whether democracy is much more vulnerable than we think. The Weimar Republic, the first democracy in Germany, ended with the rise to power of the Nazis in 1933. What happened back then? What parallels are there to the situation today, and what can we learn from the past? #dwhistoryandculture #dwhistoryexplained Report: Ulrike Bornhak Host: Melissa Aparicio Edit: Frederick Willmann For more visit: https://www.dw.com/en/culture/s-1441 Please follow DW's netiquette: https://p.dw.com/p/MF1G 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Title: How Democracy Can Fail 01:20 What Was the Weimar Repulic? 02:36 Economic Uncertainty 03:32 Dance on the Edge of a Volcano 07:57 Lack of Trust in Democracy 09:12 Populist Promises 10:41 The End of the Weimar Republic