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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 coming to germany they say, "oh, everything is so cheap and affordable and you can get anything, anything you want." >> le pustra: living here, its just -- j...

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 coming to germany they say, "oh, everything is so cheap and affordable and you can get anything, anything you want." >> le pustra: living here, its just -- just go for it. people come he...

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 coming to germany they say, "oh, everything is so cheap and affordable and you can get anything, anything you want." >> le pustra: living here, its just -- just go for it. people come here and disappear into the nightlife and live their fantasies. and again...

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...