Summary
Torgrim Eggen: Berlin: capital of the 20th century
This book is a portrait of a city, but also of its cultural history. Torgrim Eggen introduces the reader to the places, periods and people who created Berlin today. Throughout the twentieth century, Berlin was the center of the world. From the revolution, through Nazism and the Cold War, to a united city. To this day, there is no current European capital. This book tells about the brutal history of the city, but also about the unusual personalities who lived there. You will meet villains and heroes, geniuses and goddesses: Marlene Dietrich, Joseph Goebbels, Rosa Luxemburg, Andreas Baader, Leni Riefenstahl, Bertolt Brecht, Hildegard Knef, Kurt Tucholski, Fritz Lang, Käthe Kollwitz, Willy Brandt, Albert Speer, Nina Hagen, Erich Mielke, David Bowie and Blix Bargeld.
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