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>> no. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >> anthony: 25 years later after the wall fell, what remains is obligated and unfinished. complicated by history and counter history, urban fabric and attempts to reorder it. berlin fascinates me. the people continues to be drawn to its darkness and its light. ♪ ♪ beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ something good ♪ ♪ beautiful world. ♪ >> anthony: berlin is never berlin. they say. pounded into rubble by allied bombs and russian artillery in world war ii, surrounded then hacked into during the co...

Half the world and produce much of it to the ashes. ♪ >> anthony: do you see any parallels between germany and the '20s and where we are today? >> yes. like other people from other countries, i mean, i mean, to germany, they say, oh, everything is so cheap and affordable and you can get anything. anything you want. >> here, it is just to go for it. people still come here just to disappear into the night life and live their fantasies. and it is exactly like in the '20s. it is the same, but just different. >> anthony: brandon nash is a historian who gives walking tours highlighting the areas. ...

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I remember the first time i was in berlin when i was 14 years old, and i remember exactly coming here and having this almost physical feeling of freedom. like, i was a goth girl at that time, like i started to only wear black and listened to dark music. and when i came to berlin, i was like, yes, here i can be who i want to be. and it almost felt a little bit magical. >> anthony: do you think that people who came here from other countries, back in weimar era and now, people are looking for a dark side, do you think? >> brendan: certainly, the people are looking for things that they couldn't do...

>> anthony: brendan nash is a historian who gives walking tours highlighting the weimar era's more famous ex-pats. else edelstahl is a promoter of '20s-themed events throughout the city. la pustra has been called cabaret's darkest muse. he's the creator of kabarett der namenlosen -- a weimar-era theatrical event that reimagines cabaret culture of the '20s with dark, brooding sexual undertones. we meet at grosz in west berlin. though promised 1920s-style classic fare, i was, in this regard, disappointed. the food was excellent, though. germany's cool with, you know, "come to our country, get hi...