1920s berlin

A unique tour exploring Berlin’s sexual history provides context for the city’s...

History used to be one of our favorite subjects back in school. We absolutely adored learning about ancient cultures, long-gone civilizations, recent developments, and how things changed (though people mostly stayed the same). So whenever there’s a chance to share this passion for the past with you, we pounce!

The Golden Twenties in Berlin was a vibrant period in the history of Berlin, Germany, Europe and the history of the world in general. After ...

Henry Giardina on the pair’s unlikeliest film, and the sad, political end to their long collaboration.

Travel back to 1920s Berlin and the interwar period when art culture and sexual freedom in the city were all at their peak.

1929/31:Moka-Efti in der Friedrichstrasse 59/60 bei Nacht

This picture has been shared online with the description that it shows Marlene Dietrich as she is being detained by police for wearing trousers in public during her arrival in Paris in 1933. That…

Germany emerged from the First World War broken and disillusioned. Defeat in the Great War heralded the end of the monarchy, with the Kaiser giving way to the Weimar Republic, named after the small German city that had once been a hotbed of both artistic and scientific progress. Before long,…