A lot of Weimar Germanys culture was very American influenced by the United States, historians talk of the 'Americanization' of Germany in the years of the Weimar republic. This was slightly due to American loans and the fact that America didn't support the Versailles treaty. Germans aimed for an American lifestyle that seemed modern to the artists and great thinkers of that time. Also production methods such as the production line were introduced. Buildings like skyscrapers were copied from the skylines of great American cities. Also advertising copied American styles. The Soviet Union also influenced the culture of Weimar Germany. 

One of the major American influences in Europe, and particularly in Germany, was jazz. Jazz came to Britain in 1919 as what was later called Dixieland-Jazz.. In their critiques, jazz was contemptuously dismissed by the musical establishment as "jungle music." Jazz dances such as the Charleston and Rumba were also perceived as exotic or African. 

Josephine Baker became an example of the symbol for the sensuality of the new dance. Another is this quotation of a young woman from Berlin about Rumba: "and if you repeat 'Rumba' quickly, sometimes you can imagine those grinning negroes playing drums with their hands." German conservative papers also complained about the "contamination of the German youth" by "alien Niggerjazz and jungle dances".