The Käthe Kollwitz Museum combined her art with her political activism. It was housed in a building next to the Literaturhaus on Fasanenstrasse, one of Charlottenburg's most elegant buildings on one of its most elegant streets; both opened at roughly the same time and share a similar history. ... with one of the district's most refined cafes and courtyards.
I went here! Fascinating museum #Berlin (not my pic)
#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude
Krautrockers, Neu!, did some strange and wonderful things in the 70s. Neu! 86 not quite up to their earlier albums, but it balanced out the collage of cover art!
Opening track of the first album, "Hallogallo", is a good place to start. I think the repetitive motorik groove is a form of aural stimming:
https://youtu.be/nUTBb6cUL40?si=jTG3QKGcwVOkp2ND
Werner Hegemann, in his 1930 book, Das Steinerne Berlin (Berlin of stone), described the city as the largest tenement in the world. He drew a straight line between city planning, impoverishment and susceptibility to dictatorship.
Unsurprisingly, his books were publicly burned by the Nazis in 1933.
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pickInteresting. I went down a rabbit hole of books after my trip to Berlin last month!
Readers who enjoyed this book might also enjoy "Revolution 1989" by Viktor Sebestyen, and "Stasiland" by Anna Funder.
pickThis is the best book I've ever read on the topic. Readers who enjoyed this book might also enjoy "Revolution 1989" by Victor Sébestyen, and "The Tunnels" by Greg Mitchell. #2024Book24
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