It all started here, Weimar University, 1919.

一切都从1919年的魏玛大学开始。

Big business wanted the destruction of Weimar.

大财团只想摧毁魏玛共和国。

This became the runaway hit of Weimar Germany.

成为了德国魏玛的巨作。

The Bauhaus went through three different stages: Weimar (1919-1925), Dessau (1925-1932), and Berlin (1932-33).

魏玛（1919-1925），德绍（1925-1932）和柏林（1932-33）。

The unit currently on the roster, the “Weimar battlegroup”, is led by Poland with contributions from France and Germany.

如今当值的“魏玛战斗群（Weimar battlegroup）”由波兰军带头，外加法、德二军组成。

What did they make of the country as it moved from the messiness of Weimar to the madness of Hitlerism?

随着德国由魏玛王朝的杂乱无章变为希特勒主义的疯狂，这些美国人如何解读这个国家呢？

The Weimar system failed to provide a government.

魏玛体系未能提供政府。

He died at his house in Weimar in 1832, aged 83.

1832 年， 他在魏玛的家中去世， 享年 83 岁。

Now, in 2016 Venezuelans are facing a situation akin to the Weimar republic in Germany.

现在，2016 年委内瑞拉人面临着类似于德国魏玛共和国的局面。

Not too far away in Weimar is the first official Bauhaus building, Haus am Horn, built for an exhibition in 1923.

在魏玛不远处就是第一栋正式的包豪斯建筑，号角之屋，为1923年展览而建。

Many Germans saw the failure of the Weimar Republic as the failure of the country’s fragmented parliamentary system.

许多德国人将魏玛共和国的失败视为该国支离破碎的议会制度的失败。

For example, he did a lot of his research on plants in his own back garden in Weimar.

例如，他在自己位于魏玛的后花园里对植物进行了大量研究。

Karl August, the Duke of Weimar, appointed him as his chief adviser and senior administrator to help run his country.

魏玛公爵卡尔·奥古斯特 (Karl August) 任命他为自己的首席顾问和高级行政官，帮助管理国家。

Founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar in 1919, the Bauhaus was a reaction against the ornamental excesses of the time.

包豪斯于 1919 年由沃尔特·格罗皮乌斯 (Walter Gropius) 在魏玛创立，是对当时过度装饰的一种反动。

Franz von Papen was a German statesman who was  instrumental in dissolving the Weimar Republic and helping Hitler become the German chancellor.

弗朗茨·冯·帕彭是一位德国政治家，他对魏玛共和国的解体和希特勒成为德国总理发挥了重要作用。

After the abdication of William II, the National Assembly at Weimar was held to draft a Constitution and to build up a German Republic.

威廉二世退位后， 魏玛召开国民议会起草宪法， 建立德意志共和国。

At one point, the students of Ittenn carried out their ritualistic body cleansing in the city fountain of Weimar, which led to conflicts with the city administration.

一方面，伊滕的学生在魏玛市的喷泉中进行了仪式性的身体清洗，这导致了与市政当局的冲突。

Balanchine fled west and plunged into the avant-garde scene first in Weimar Berlin, then in Paris, where he joined Sergei Diaghilev's famous company, Ballets Russes.

巴兰钦逃往西方，先是在柏林的魏玛投身前卫艺术舞台，然后在巴黎加入了谢尔盖·佳吉列夫 (Sergei Diaghilev) 著名的俄罗斯芭蕾舞团。

Weimar Germany embraced avant-garde cinema, art, architecture, and theatre but this came to an abrupt end in 1933 when Hitler's Nazi party came to power.

魏玛德国拥抱前卫电影、艺术、建筑和戏剧，但在 1933 年希特勒的纳粹党上台后， 这一切戛然而止。

Arvid was a nephew of a scholar who helped draft the Weimar constitution, part of an intellectual clan that became a " Who's Who" of resistance to Hitler.

阿维德是一位帮助起草魏玛宪法的学者的侄子，这位学者是一个知识分子家族的成员，这个家族后来成为抵抗希特勒的“名流”。