Berlin: Stories of the City — Season 1, Episode 1: Road to Ruin
Documentary • 46 min • 1 season, 2 episodes
Episode synopsis
We look at the history of the city starting from the era of Prussian kings through to the unification of Germany under Bismarck. After descent into World War 1, the chaotic and creative Weimar Republic emerged, before coming to an abrupt end with the arrival of Hitler and the Nazis.
About Berlin: Stories of the City
Berlin, a city that wears its scars, has always welcomed outsiders. But it has also been a battleground invaded by the French, taken over by the Nazis, occupied by the Russians and then divided down the middle by competing ideologies in the Cold War.