Focusing on the fate of a Berlin-based newspaper during the 1920s and 1930s, Moderate Modernity: The Newspaper Tempo and the Transformation of Weimar Democracy chronicles the transformation of a vibrant and liberal society into an oppressive and authoritarian dictatorship. Tempo proclaimed itself as “Germany’s most modern newspaper” and attempted to capture the spirit of Weimar Berlin, giving a voice to a forward-looking generation that had grown up under the Weimar Republic’s new democratic order. The newspaper celebrated modern technology, spectator sports, and American consumer products, constructing an optimistic vision of Germany’s future as a liberal consumer society anchored in Western values.
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Weimar fashion back in fashion
Following the succes of the silent film The Artist, the British newspaper The Guardian looks to stars of Weimar and early Hollywood cinema for fashion advice. (Sadly, there is no mention of the most fashionable of them all, Lili Damita and Claudette Colbert.)