Writer warns Weimar comparisons in Germany risk playing into far right's hands
A Guardian commentator says Germany's bleak mood invites historical comparisons, but argues those parallels stop short of the present.
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What happened
A Guardian piece, prompted by the final season of the TV drama Babylon Berlin, which returns to 1933, describes a dark mood in Germany and says confidence there is falling apart. The writer argues that the Weimar narrative being drawn from this is a trap that serves the far right.
Why it matters
The writer says that reading present-day Germany through the Weimar era could help the far right, even though the comparison does not hold.
Coverage
- In Germany the mood is dark. But the Weimar narrative is a far right trap (The Guardian)
- Europe’s big election season is about to kick off. It could change everything (The Guardian)
- Opinion | ‘It’s the Identity, Stupid!’: 3 Writers on Europe’s Rising Far Right (The New York Times)
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