Weimar: Katja Hoyer in Conversation with Ian Dunt

Weimar shows us a town and its people on the edge of catastrophe. Drawing on a wealth of new archival research, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer takes us from 1919 to 1939 as she tells the stories of men and women who lived through the new republic and Hitler's regime. Here are the fascists and socialists, artists and workers, politicians and citizens, who, as the events of history swept them up, became witnesses, perpetrators, victims and bystanders.

An unforgettable picture of lives and choices in extraordinary circumstances, Weimar takes us deep into the heart of the storm -- to the town that dreamt of a better world and woke up to tyranny.

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian, journalist and the author of the international bestseller Beyond the Wall as well as Blood and Iron. A visiting Research Fellow at King's College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, she writes for Bloomberg and Berliner Zeitung and is a commentator on German current affairs for many British newspapers. She was born in Germany and is now based in the UK.

Ian Dunt is one of the most respected and independent political voices operating in Britain today. He spent over a decade in parliament as the editor of Politics.co.uk, and is now a columnist with the i paper, a co-host on the Origin Story podcast and the writer of the Striking 13 political newsletter. Ian is the author of several books, including How to be a Liberal and the Sunday Times Bestseller How Westminster Works and Why it Doesn't.

*Please note that the Auditorium at Foyles is fully accessible from the Ground floor lifts.Tickets: £10 General Admission, £8 Foyalty Member / £30 Book and Ticket, inc. a copy of Weimar (RRP £30)
Venue: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road*

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