Jens Bisky

In the organizer's words:

The decision. Germany between 1929 and 1934

Options for action on the road to fascism

Lecture

Peasant protests, growing public budget deficits, the rise of radical forces, the Republic at a crossroads: the situation following the death of Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann in 1929 offers frightening parallels to the present day. In his bestseller The Decision, Jens Bisky tells the story of how the Weimar Republic was destroyed and poses the question of options for action on the road to fascism. The dissatisfaction of the middle class and the acceptance of radical forces played a role on the road to the most criminal dictatorship of the 20th century. Bisky's Die Entscheidung, number one on the non-fiction best book list of Die Zeit, Deutschlandfunk and ZDF, paints a breathless panorama of Germany's fateful years.

Jens Bisky, bestselling author, studied cultural studies and German literature. He works at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research.