Before the deluge : a portrait of Berlin in the 1920's / by Otto Friedrich.

By: Friedrich, Otto, 1929-Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Fromm International Pub. Corp., 1986. Description: xix, 418 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0880640545 (pbk.) :; 9780880640541Subject(s): Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1918-1945 | Berlin (Germany) -- Intellectual life -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 943.155 LOC classification: DD880 | .F75 1986Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC The birds of Berlin (Prologue) -- "The Kaiser has abdicated" (1918) -- "Some shots were fired. Nobody knew why" (1919) -- "How long will I live?" ( 1920) -- "A welter of tears and vodka" (1921) -- "A certain champagne sparkle" (1922) -- "A kind of madness" (1923) -- "We feel young, free, and pure" (1924) -- "The supremacy of German music" (1925) -- "The attack begins on July 4" (1926) -- "God does not play at dice" (1927) -- "The show can begin (1928) -- "Things would never be so good again" ( 1929) -- "Heads will roll" (1930) -- "I couldn't control myself" (1931) -- "What Germany needs is a strong man" (1932) -- "The great miracle" (1933).

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU German Corner	Non-fiction	943.155 FRB 1986 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		6020

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Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1972.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-404) and index.

TOC The birds of Berlin (Prologue) --
"The Kaiser has abdicated" (1918) --
"Some shots were fired. Nobody knew why" (1919) --
"How long will I live?" ( 1920) --
"A welter of tears and vodka" (1921) --
"A certain champagne sparkle" (1922) --
"A kind of madness" (1923) --
"We feel young, free, and pure" (1924) --
"The supremacy of German music" (1925) --
"The attack begins on July 4" (1926) --
"God does not play at dice" (1927) --
"The show can begin (1928) --
"Things would never be so good again" ( 1929) --
"Heads will roll" (1930) --
"I couldn't control myself" (1931) --
"What Germany needs is a strong man" (1932) --
"The great miracle" (1933).

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