Book contents
- Frontiers of Empire
- Frontiers of Empire
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Settler Colonialism and How to Tell a Story
- 2 The Frontiers of Youth
- 3 Career Beginnings, Eastern Interests
- 4 Settling In
- 5 The Radicalization of Inner Colonization
- 6 Sering, the Star
- 7 Sering’s Journey Comes to an End
- 8 The Legacy of Max Sering and Inner Colonization
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
6 - Sering, the Star
The Weimar Republic, 1918–1933
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- Frontiers of Empire
- Frontiers of Empire
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Settler Colonialism and How to Tell a Story
- 2 The Frontiers of Youth
- 3 Career Beginnings, Eastern Interests
- 4 Settling In
- 5 The Radicalization of Inner Colonization
- 6 Sering, the Star
- 7 Sering’s Journey Comes to an End
- 8 The Legacy of Max Sering and Inner Colonization
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Sering’s son died in the last week of the war. Following this, Sering asked to write the Reich Settlement Law (Reichssiedlungsgesetz), which covered plans to settle veterans and Freikorps. Sering fought the Diktat of Versailles. There were calls for plebiscite in Posen to divide Poles from Germans. Sering then spent the early, poor years of Weimar attacking Versailles treaty, setting up the Sering-Insitut, and training PhDs, before formally retiring in 1925. The chapter goes on to cover the rise of racial thinking among Sering’s inner colonial peers. Sering then returned to the USA in 1930 with his student Constantin von Dietze. During the rise of the Nazis, Hitler turned to the agrarian sector for votes. Chancellor Brüning was a big fan of Sering. Initially, in 1932, Sering seemed open to some of the more radical language.
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- Frontiers of EmpireMax Sering, Inner Colonization, and the German East, 1871–1945, pp. 190 - 221Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024