“Nothing is more exotic than what surrounds us, nothing is more imaginative than objectivity,” said the Austrian-Czech writer Egon Erwin Kisch in 1925. Kisch is among the dozens of writers, painters, ...
This week`s column answers questions sent in by readers. Q–I have a collection of unused German stamps with values up to two million marks. Do they have any value? A–During the early 1920s, inflation ...
German designer Karl Lagerfeld, based in Paris from the 1950s until his death Tuesday, described himself as a "European", hailing the interwar Germany he never knew as a "spiritual homeland" that was ...
The eurozone is about to fall into deflation, but that's not the most amazing problem the continent has had with its money. This amazing graphic from Goldman Sachs researchers shows just how severe ...
WASHINGTON — A violent far-right attempt at insurrection. Scapegoating of minorities. Hints of antisemitism. Runaway inflation, even a “birther” conspiracy. Sounds a lot like Donald Trump and the Jan.
We had our doubts when Serge Lasvignes, Laurent Le Bon's predecessor as president of the Centre Pompidou, announced his intention to recapture the spirit of the great multidisciplinary exhibitions ...
During the hyperinflation in Germany of 1920s, the country's currency, the mark, went crazy. The government of the Weimar Republic may have been able to clear its debts, but it came at the cost of the ...
The crime drama will be set in the decadent German capital in the period before the rise of the Nazis. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief COLOGNE, Germany – Leading German commercial network RTL ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. FRANKENSTEINER NOTGELD / DIESER ...
A new video reveals how standards of beauty in Germany have changed and evolved over the past 100 years as the nation went through two wars, divided and then united again. In the film model Brooke ...