WEIMAR GERMANY: Chaos, Culture and the Collapse of Democracy. Katja Hoyer and Victor Sebestyen reviewed
wo new books on Weimar Germany arrive at once: Victor Sebestyen’s Weimar Germany: Death of a Democracy and Katja Hoyer’s Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe.
Antonia Senior and Roger Moorhouse discuss the fragile republic born after the First World War, the cultural explosion of 1920s Berlin, h…
Hungary: Two World Wars and One Failed Revolution
It's easy to forget how entwined Hungary has been in some of the worst events of the last 100 years – losers in the first world war, the country initially sided with the Nazis in the second, tried to change its mind, was invaded by the Germans then taken over by the Soviets, then tried to kick out …
Victor Sebestyen - Weimar Germany: Death of a Democracy
Journalist and historian Victor Sebestyen discusses his new book, Weimar Germany: Death of a Democracy
The Life and Death of Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin died just over 100 years ago, on the 21st of February, 1924. The Russian revolutionary leader fought in no battles, spent much of his time in libraries and was in his 40s before he held high public office. Yet he managed to take over one of the world's largest empires and set the whe…
Budapest: Between East and West
Almost at the centre of Europe, Budapest, is at the crossroads of geographical regions and of civilizations, at the intersection of ancient trade routes. Mountains that gradually slope into gentle hills converge on a great river, the Danube, and the regions of Buda and Pest sprang up on either side…
Bruce Shapiro's America, mining in Bougainville and the history of Budapest
As the House committee hearings into the January 6 Capitol riot begin, Bruce Shapiro compares and contrasts them to the Watergate hearings. A new report looks at mining company behaviour on Bougainville, as everyone jostles to benefit from the rich seams of copper and gold. And Victor Sebestyen tak…
The October Revolution
On the night of October 10th, 1917, a revolutionary disguised as a priest slipped into an apartment in Petrograd and browbeat his comrades into an armed insurrection. The revolutionary in question was Vladimir Lenin, and two weeks later, he and the Bolsheviks seized power in a coup that set the cou…
The October Revolution
On the night of October 10th, 1917, a revolutionary disguised as a priest slipped into an apartment in Petrograd and browbeat his comrades into an armed insurrection. The revolutionary in question was Vladimir Lenin, and two weeks later, he and the Bolsheviks seized power in a coup that set the cou…
Weimar Germany with Victor Sebestyen
Hi Folks - my guest today was Victor Sebestyen, seasoned journalist, editor, and historian who has spent a career working for major news publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including the London Evening Standard, The Times, The Daily Mail, and Newsweek.
He joined me today to talk about his b…
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