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Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s <em>Berlin Shuffle</em>

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s Berlin Shuffle

Philip Boehm Considers the Contemporary Relevance of a Tale of 1920s Germany

By Philip Boehm | January 29, 2026

Looking to jump ship? Read these 11 novels about the ex-pat experience.

Looking to jump ship? Read these 11 novels about the ex-pat experience.

(For when you'r ready to call it quits on America.)

By Brittany Allen | August 2, 2025

Why the World’s First Celebrity Sex Therapist Had to Flee the Nazis

Why the World’s First Celebrity Sex Therapist Had to Flee the Nazis

Daniel Brook on Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld a Queer Pioneer of the Study of Human Sexuality

By Daniel Brook | May 14, 2025

How the Weimar Republic’s Hyperinflation Transformed Gender Relations in Germany

How the Weimar Republic’s Hyperinflation Transformed Gender Relations in Germany

Harald Jähner on the Economic, Social and Moral Landscape of Weimar Berlin

By Harald Jähner | September 5, 2024

How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s <em>Sally Bowles</em>

How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s Sally Bowles

Katherine Bucknell on the Tumultuous World That Made the Novella and Its Protagonist

By Katherine Bucknell | August 26, 2024

"Wrong Winds," a Poem by Ahmad Almallah

"I see the crowds coming to fill / their cups with your darkness."

By Ahmad Almallah | June 20, 2024

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“Exiles usually imagine that theirs is a temporary situation.”

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Paul Scraton on How We Choose to Remember (and What We Choose to Forget)

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