debeer1-7, Exercise 3: Cancellations

Model answer:

Any three, for example: the cholera outbreaks of the 1850s show how epidemics disrupted city life; the war years of 1866 and 1870 show Bavaria's part in the wars that led to German unification; the First World War and the 1923-24 hyperinflation show the collapse of the economy and the old order; the Nazi years show how the regime used the festival and pushed out Jewish brewers and stall-holders; the Second World War closed the festival from 1939 to 1945, and its return in 1950 marks postwar recovery; the 2020 and 2021 cancellations were caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.