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♪ >> anthony: people talk nostalgically about paris in the 20s, the flapper era in the states, but there was really no place like berlin in that time. we vividly recall, with horror, the rise of national socialism, the nazis, but simultaneous to that, a bubble of extravagantly creative ferment, of artistic experimentation, sexual libertinism, intellectual growth, open tolerance of excess in all things. all the constraints of the victorian age seemed to be crumbling for a while. during the weim...

♪ >> anthony: people talk nostalgically about paris in the 20s, the flapper era in the states, but there was really no o a place like berlin in that time. we vividly recall, with horror, the rise of national socialism, the nazis, but simultaneous to that, a bubble of extravagantly creative ferment, of artistic experimentation, sexual libertinism, intellectual growth, open tolerance of excess in all things. all the constraints of the victorian age seemed to be crumbling for a while. during the ...

>> anthony: people talk nostalgically about paris in the 20s, the flapper era in the states, but there was really no place like berlin in that time. we vividly recall, with horror, the rise of national socialism, the nazis, but simultaneous to that, a bubble of extravagantly creative ferment, of artistic experimentation, sexual libertinism, intellectual growth, open tolerance of excess in all things. all the constraints of the victorian age seemed to be crumbling for a while. during the weimar e...

Experimentation, sexual libertinism, intellectual growth, open tolerance of excess in all things. all the constraints of the victorian age seemed to be crumbling for a while. during the weimar era, as its called, people flocked to berlin, to its cabarets, its clubs. art thrived, its cinema led the world. escape from the hardships of daily life were everywhere, it seemed. this right alongside the rising tide of evil that would soon eat half the world and reduce much of it to ashes. ♪ do you see...

Crumbling for a while. during the weimar era, as its called, people flocked to berlin, to its cabarets, its clubs. art thrived, its cinema led the world. escape from the hardships of daily life were everywhere, it seemed. this right alongside the rising tide of evil that would soon eat half the world and reduce much of it to ashes. ♪ do you see any parallels between germany in the 20s and where we are today? >> yes. >> else: like when you read isherwood or other people from other countries com...