New exhibit at the German Historical Museum in Berlin reconsiders the Weimar Republic of 1919-1933, saying the era synonymous with political and social turmoil also produced modern concepts like gender equality. By wirereporter.
BERLIN — A divided nation grappling with rising inequality, new mass media and the growth of populist politics.Germany’s first democracy, the Weimar Republic of 1919-1933, has long been regarded as a lesson in political failure. Lately, it has also been held up as a cautionary tale for the present.
A new exhibition in Berlin, 100 hundred years later, is questioning the perception that the era’s political and economic disaster was inevitable and stressing the lasting impact of the Weimar Republic. A startlingly modern kitchen reflects the efforts that the era’s designers made to accommodate the needs of working women and the worldwide influence of artistic and architectural trends like theRadio recordings by prominent figures, including the physicist Albert Einstein, reveal the buzz surrounding this new medium and the way it sped up the news cycle — for better and for worse.
Like “Babylon Berlin,” a crime series set in the cabaret halls and back alleys of interwar Berlin, the Weimar exhibition hints at dark times to come. There are the military firearms finding their way onto the streets and fueling political strife that would results in hundreds of political assassinations.
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