Unified Germany and its Capital Berlin

In the above view of 1919, two Berlin landmarks are pictured that became symbols of German unity:
The Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag.

As a consequence of the 2^nd Reich's defeat in World War I, the Social-Democrat
Philipp Scheidemann proclaimed a republic on November 9, 1918, addressing a crowd from one of the Reichstag's balconies. The first German Republic became known as the Weimar Republic (Pictures on the right and left).

It was in this small but well-known Thuringian town, fearing revolutionary upheaval in the capital of Berlin, that a National Assembly convened to discuss Germany's new constitution. It eventually adopted the so-called Weimar Constitution on August 11, 1919. Although the First Republic lasted only 14 years, its constitution was remarkably modern, if not progressive, in establishing women's right to vote.

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