Patrick Bade
Berlin 1900
Summary
Between 1870 and 1914 Berlin was a boom town, expanding faster than any other city in Europe and eventually taking on the mantel of a cultural capital to rival Vienna and Paris.
Patrick Bade
Patrick Bade is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. He studied at UCL and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was a senior lecturer at Christie’s Education for many years and has worked for the Art Fund, Royal Opera House, National Gallery, and V&A. He has published on 19th- and early 20th-century paintings and historical vocal recordings. His latest book is Music Wars: 1937–1945.
Well, as in most of these cities, it very often came from the countryside. People moved to big city for jobs, and a lot came from the east, and, of course, a huge number of Ostjuden. Of course the term, I’m sure you know, it must have been discussed in many, many lectures. This great influx of very poor Jews from the East, which was resented not just by the Christians, it was often even more resented by the assimilated Jews who were already there.