"Democracy on the Edge: The Weimar Republic and the Fragility of Freedom"

Join us for the first session of the Fragility of Democracy lecture series, examining how the Weimar Republic’s struggles reveal the vulnerabilities of democratic systems. 

Two hundred and fifty years after America’s founding, we revisit the promises of democracy through the lessons of its near destruction elsewhere. This series reminds us that freedom is not inherited. It is upheld by the choices we make, the truths we protect, and the courage we show when silence feels easier.

This one-hour lecture explores the political, social, and economic pressures that undermined freedom in Germany between the world wars, and the lessons that remain relevant today.