Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World

A compelling portrait of Berlin, tracing the city's history from the end of the Great War through the rise and fall of the Wall, and beyond. In Berlin, Sinclair McKay takes readers back to 1919 when the city emerged from the shadows of World War I to become an extraordinary byword for modernity in art, cinema, architecture, industry, science, and politics. He traces Berlin's history through the rise of Hitler and the Battle for Berlin, which ended in the city's conquest in 1945. Beyond the globa