Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. INTRODUCTION 5
5. I. THE WEIMAR DEMOCRAT BEFORE THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC 8
6. II. THE DEMOCRATS AND THE WEIMAR CONSTITUTION 15
7. III. STATE AND REPUBLIC: FROM CONSTITUTION TO THE DEATH OF EBERT 29
8. IV. STATE AND REPUBLIC, 1925 TO 1930: THE LAST ATTEMPTS TO DEFEND PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLICANISM 51
9. V. THE WEIMAR DEMOCRATS TURN TOWARD POLITICAL ROMANTICISM. THE FORMATION OF THE STAATSPARTEI AND THE BACKGROUND OF THIS ACTION 70
10. VI. THE GERMAN DEMOCRATS AND THE JEWS 79
11. VII. THE DEMOCRATIC REACTION TO NAZISM 87
12. VIII. TWO EXAMPLES OF DEMOCRATIC REJECTION OF REPUBLICANISM 100
13. IX. CONCLUSIONS 107
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 113
15. INDEX 115