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Between 1924 and 1932 room was made in the German gay and lesbian publication house Radszuweit Verlag for gender expansive topics not having to do with sexuality. Specifically, these new sections and periodicals addressed the experiences of transvestites, the first collective id…

Whether associated with assimilation into the dominant culture or rebellion against it, the German Jew is often portrayed as the paragon of Weimar culture. Yet accounts of Weimar Jewish culture tend to overlook the heterogeneity of Germany's Jewish population, paying short shrif…

In this thesis, I have analyzed how Erwin Panofsky's and Walter Benjamin's attitudes toward historical interpretation developed within the fragmented culture of Weimar Germany. I have evaluated the function served by the classical tradition--in particular the works of the German…