The Golden Age of Weimar - A level History

In this video we begin to look at the Golden Age of Weimar Germany by analysing the economic developments between 1924-1928.
- R. Whitefield & S. Waller, Oxford AQA History for A Level: Democracy and Nazism, Germany 1918-1945 (Oxford University Press, 2015).
- A. Farmer, My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-Level History: Democracy and Nazism, Germany 1918-1945 (Hodder, 2016).
- N. Pinfield, A/AS Level History for AQA Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918-1945 (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
- R. Evans, The Coming of the Third Reich (Penguin, 2004).
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[@theebillionairess3377]

No I’m pretty sure it was a man called Hjalmar Schacht who stabilised the currency.

[@tharekmiah668]

That was after great depression

[@tropicaljuice7961]

streseman brought in schacht who then created the rentenmark

[@masumarahman2613]

5:26

[@Funintherain13]

there are some mistakes here, it is a bit worrying tbh that as an educational channel this has been not checked. not impressed

[@Funintherain13]

@@LearningAcademy1 thank you for coming back. I am sorry for coming across as hostile in my initial post. The Weimar golden age is normally considered to have lasted up to the Wall Street Crash, not 1928. You cannot say “the golden age of Weimar”. Weimar is a town in Thuringia and became the de facto capital of the Republic. But it is the Weimar Republic that you should refer to not “Weimar”. In terms of taking Germany in a positive difference it is far too simplistic to say one man, Gustav Stresemann was responsible for most of it. He was responsible for Germany’s foreign policy achievements yes but if one looks at Germany’s achievements domestically then no, he was not responsible for those, so it is important to be precise. You’ve then mispronounced the currency. It was/ is rentenmark not retten mark.

[@l.benfield5181]

@@Funintherain13 Furthermore, the young plan was finalised in august 1929, the video makes it sound as if it was February that it was passed

[@jonnylpenman]

⁠@@Funintherain13the pronunciation errors aside, I think a lot of it is simplified for student audiences, and is conveyed in a narrative that plays the game of the exam. For example, whilst Gustav Stresemann is far from the only solver of Germany's political and economic problems (which *is* actually mentioned in the video), he did make a significant impact, and for most, that is sufficient information for an exam; if one supplements that with facts, then one has an analytical argument which will likely gain sufficient marks. Furthermore, I would agree that distinguishing between Weimar and the Weimar Republic is important, but for the sake of an A-level revision video that has a mildly casual tone, I think it can be forgiven, and the message is conveyed. I highly doubt any students watching this will be learning this information for the first time, and will rather be using it to refresh their memory for an exam. They will likely notice any pronunciation, spelling errors, or date/event summarisations and overlook them. Personally I would be grateful for the fact that these videos even exist, especially due to the low coverage of certain courses as one delves further into education.