Babylon Berlin and why our fascination with 1920s Germany reveals the anxieties of our times
- Written by Peter Tregear, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne
Bablyon Berlin recreates the wild nightlife of 1929 in Germany. Screenshot from Youtube
It is curious fact that certain times and places seem to have a particular hold on our popular historical imagination. Such is the case with Germany’s capital city, Berlin, during the short-lived Weimar Republic, recently recreated for TV in the critically...