Otto Friedrich
Otto Friedrich (1929-1995) was a journalist and cultural historian. A contributing editor at the Saturday Evening Post and Time magazine, he was the author of fourteen books, including Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s.
Otto Friedrich (1929-1995) was a journalist and cultural historian. A contributing editor at the Saturday Evening Post and Time magazine, he was the author of fourteen books, including Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s. See less
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Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s
A Portrayal of Berlin in the 1920s
Before the Deluge is a panorama of the political, economic, scientific, and cultural events in Berlin between the end of World War I and the beginning of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich in 1933. Topics ... Read More
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Before the Deluge
Great history
This book covers politics, arts, the economy, personalities, etc. in Berlin from 1918 to 1933, one chapter per year. The author is a journalist/storyteller, not a historian so, while all the stories ... Read More
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Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s
Before you visit Berlin
Reading Friedrich's multi-faceted history of Weimar Berlin would be superb preparation for anyone planning to visit modern-day Berlin. Most of the political, historical, and cultural events described ... Read More
