Grohs, Gernot M. Sie wollten Krieg und Bürgerkrieg

Die Jahre 1910 bis 1923 - ein unverfälschtes Zeitbild. Puzzleteile zu Deutschlands (Un)Schuld. Eine Schrift gegen Kriegspropaganda und Kriegshetze

In this book, the author examines facts previously unknown or overlooked by the general public, facts that were recorded in the then surprisingly diverse newspaper landscape and in official documents of the time. The path to the catastrophe began, as with all events, with a long prehistory. Actions almost always provoke reactions, especially in the political arena. One of the immediate precursors to the First World War was the forging of military agreements and alliances. One of these alliances, that between Russia, England, and France, was explicitly directed against Germany. This was reflected, among other things, in the conferences of the Russian and French chiefs of staff in 1911, 1912, and 1913. Who today remembers the Russian Tsar's "blank check" to Serbia of February 2, 1914, which read: "We will do everything for Serbia?" In 1919, a commission to investigate war guilt met in Versailles, in which the German delegation did not participate. The final report was never given to the German delegation. Also of interest is the record of the SPD party congress of 1919 in Weimar. Were the 1920s really so golden? In March 1921, a newspaper published an article on the nature of money. This essay remains highly relevant today. The bloody civil war and the economic decline in Germany culminated, for the time being, in the hyperinflation of 1923.