Weimar Berlin
Berlin was a witness to the turbulent birth of Germany’s first real attempt at democracy: the Weimar Republic. Berlin in the 1920s was a crazy mixture of idealist-revolutionaries; cocaine fueled ambiguous sexuality, wild parties, and cabaret. As the city reeled from one economic or political catastrophe to another, dark ominous storms gathered on the horizon, with political groups bent of destroying the very democracy that allowed them to thrive.
Caught in the middle, Berlin seemed to thrive: becoming cutting edge of art, architecture, music and self-expression. Our thought provoking tour through the decade known as the Golden Twenties is full of rich characters, gangsters, swingers and writers. Discover the art and literature that would shape a generation and that the Nazis eventually destroyed as degenerate. Much of this art survives today, with more being re-discovered every day. We’ll bring the 1920s to life and show you an era lost to the excesses of the Nazis; a decade of decadence that brought us the Berlin of Metropolis, Cabaret, Marlene Dietrich and the Bauhaus.
Tour Topics
The abdication of the Kaiser
The violent birth of the Weimar Republic
The birth of Bolshevik Berlin
Scheideman’s democracy
The German Revolution
The Kapp Putsch
Writers and artists of 20s Berlin
Cabaret stars and scandal
Marlene Dietrich’s road to stardom
The Bauhaus in Berlin
Berlin and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis
Hyper-inflation and recovery
The Golden Twenties
The Reichstag Fire
Rise of the Nazis
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