Fateful Hours

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ISBN: 9781805332794

The Collapse of the Weimar Republic

Volker Ullrich, Jefferson Chase

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Pushkin Press
17 February 2026

History; European history

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Fateful Hours tells one of the greatest dramas in world history: the failure of Germany's first democracy, culminating in the horrific rise of the Third Reich.

But this tragedy was not inevitable. In this gripping new book, celebrated historian Volker Ullrich charts the many failed alternatives and missed opportunities that contributed to German democracy's collapse. In an immersive style that takes us to the heart of political power, Ullrich argues that, right up until January 1933, history was open - just as in the present, it is up to us whether democracy lives or dies.

By: Volker Ullrich
Translated by: Jefferson Chase
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781805332794
ISBN 10: 1805332791
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 17 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Volker Ullrich is a historian and journalist whose previous books include biographies of Bismarck and Napoleon, as well as a major study of Imperial Germany, The Nervous Superpower, 1871-1918. Ullrich was for many years editor of the political books review section of Die Zeit. His two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler was a German bestseller. Jefferson Chase is a writer, translator and journalist based in Berlin. He has translated more than a dozen German texts into English, including The Writers' Castle by Uwe Neumahr, also available from Pushkin.

Reviews for Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic

'Volker Ullrich proves that German historians can also write elegantly and captivatingly. More exciting than many a thriller' - Der Spiegel 'An exciting non-fiction book that reads like a novel' - Berlin.Table