Good, evil converge in Weimar

Chicago Sun-Times | July 25, 2004| | Copyright

WEIMAR, Germany -- Weimar is considered the capital of classical German culture, home to Goethe, Schiller and Bach. The city was also the birthplace of Bauhaus modernism, and of Germany's first democratic republic.

But Weimar has a dark side as well. Adolf Hitler was adored here, and the Buchenwald concentration camp sits on a hill overlooking the city. For four decades after World War II, the city was under Communist rule.

Today it is one of Germany's loveliest cities, appealing to everyone from lovers of literature and music to history buffs. I have been coming here since the days of East ...

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