Berlin In The Twentieth Century

Berlin has been the focal scene of some of the most dramatic and formative events of the twentieth century. Through periods of decadence, fascism, war, partition and reunification, it has seen both extraordinary constraint and creativity. Andrew Webber explores the cultural topography of Berlin and considers the city as key capital of the twentieth century, reflecting its history, its traumas and its achievements. He shows how its spaces and buildings participate in the drama by analysing how they are represented in literature and film. Taking his methodology from Walter Benjamin, Webber presents bold readings of works synonymous with Berlin, with authors from Bertolt Brecht and Franz Kafka to Christa Wolf, and directors from Walther Ruttmann to Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Wim Wenders. Across this range of material, twentieth-century Berlin is seen to be as ambivalent as it is fascinating.

An original study of Berlin as a central theme in literature and film, reflecting its troubled but creative past.

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Gentlemen from Berlin: A Fictional Memoir of a German Family in 20th Century EuropeSet in Ireland, Berlin and the Channel Islands, B.J. Bauer's historical novel, Gentlemen from Berlin, reads as a memoir about a Berlin family during the first half of the Twentieth Century. It sweeps you into a hidden world filled with enchanting characters smiling, laughing and captivating you with their joie de vivre. Vibrant, high-spirited people living in Germany then rarely appear in our literature, but the narrator can transport you to a large cluster of them because he lived in its midst as a child. In vivid detail he shows how relatives heal injuries, diminish pain and save the lives of distressed family members hit by warfare. Paths to these cures and safe harbors lead to entertaining adventures packed with glamorous events, romance and comedy plus rather odd creative ideas and unusual "connections." Led by a group of engaging characters, Gentlemen from Berlin takes you on a fascinating trip back to some of those historic places and eventful times of Twentieth Century Europe.

This is the first book to examine this crucial relationship between politics and culture in Germany, not only during the Nazi and Cold War eras but in periods when the effects are less obvious.

Berlin's Culturescape in the Twentieth Century reflects the many facets of Berlin's unique development as a cultural metropolis. At the centre of this compilation of essays is the notion of culturescape as a concept that describes the cultural expressions and identities that occur within a given urban space. From industrialization and modernization to division and subsequent reunification, Berlin has been the flashpoint of German history and culture. This bilingual volume (five German chapters and seven English chapters) provides a discourse that examines expressions of the city's literature, film, and fashion.

How a declining population influenced reproductive and sexual health policy in Germany.

An examination of Berlin's turbulent history through the lens of its water and energy infrastructures. In Remaking Berlin, Timothy Moss takes a novel perspective on Berlin's turbulent twentieth-century history, examining it through the lens of its water and energy infrastructures. He shows that, through a century of changing regimes, geopolitical interventions, and socioeconomic volatility, Berlin's networked urban infrastructures have acted as medium and manifestation of municipal, national, and international politics and policies. Moss traces the coevolution of Berlin and its infrastructure systems from the creation of Greater Berlin in 1920 to remunicipalization of services in 2020, encompassing democratic, fascist, and socialist regimes.