Views of Berlin: From a Boston Symposium

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Berlin, A Center of German-American Relations—A Solid Friendship Despite Ups and Downs....Pages 3-12
Postwar Berlin: Divided City....Pages 13-31
Berlin Between East and West....Pages 32-36
Berlin Through the Eyes of a Longtime Member of the German Parliament (Bundestag)....Pages 37-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Social Consciousness and Social Causes: Impulses for Social Reform at the Turn of the Century in Berlin....Pages 47-54
Jewish Life in Berlin Until the Hitler Period....Pages 55-68
Cabaret and the Dilemma of Satire in the Early Weimar Republic....Pages 69-79
Literary and Cinematic Representations of the Great Depression in Germany....Pages 80-97
Berlin Culture in Exile, 1933–1945....Pages 98-111
The Grandchildren of Grosz and Kirchner: Realism and Violence in Postwar Berlin Art....Pages 112-129
Literary and Cultural Life in West Berlin....Pages 130-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Berlin’s Portrait in Prose....Pages 143-151
The Portrait of Berlin in Lyric Poetry....Pages 152-178
A New Yorker’s Berlin....Pages 179-189
Berlin as a Music Center....Pages 190-202
Filmstadt Berlin....Pages 203-215
Berlin as a Theater Center....Pages 216-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Berlin as an Intellectual Center....Pages 227-239
Berlin—The Cultural Metropolis of Germany?....Pages 240-247
West Berlin and the International Business Community....Pages 248-252
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Berlin as a Center of Science and Technology: Challenge and Necessity....Pages 253-269
Aims, Work, and Relevancy of Centers for Advanced Study in Transatlantic Dialogue....Pages 270-276
The Evolution of Berlin’s Urban Form Through History, Illustrated by Selected Examples....Pages 277-297