Jerry, I absolutely love the theme of your diorama. I love a good WWII military diorama. However whenever I see a peace period diorama during that period it evokes a different sentiment, human normalcy.
I believe propaganda has kept that 80 year claptrap alive. During this period some “historians” want us to believe every German citizen was brain washed into this belief. At any time, any nation polls its electorates never has any political party ever receive 100% approval.
Yes I agree 100%. Actually I began this dio because I was so impressed with the German TV series “Babylon Berlin” which began in the very late 1920s. The most expensive TV show ever made in Germany. It captured my imagination and even more so in the subsequent seasons when it began showing the struggle between the Weimars,the Commies and the Nassis.
Yeah the majority of folks from any country just live day by day and do not bother much with politics.
J
I just started watching Babylon Berlin!
Point taken. I seem to remember reading that the Gestapo and its agents were never as all pervading as we were led to believe. Modern research proves that most political opponents to Nazism who were caught were actually denounced by their neighbours, often out of spite. There was also a backlash against Nazi conformity by young people (e.g. the Edelweiss Pirates and “Swing” groups). I studied the architecture of the period for my “A” Level Art course, so I can still spot an Art Deco house at a distance. Alas, many of them have been modified out of recognition in the UK and the town I live in has a solitary example.
I suspect at least some of the modern ideas of Gestapo infiltration have been built by movies but also what we’ve learned about the Stasi of East Germany, who seem to have been way more pervasive than the Gestapo ever was.
Nothing new about that, it was (is?) the basis of most witchcraft accusations, even the most trivial matter can be the cause of an accusation; payback is then dispensed by whatever paranoid conspiracy theorists are in power at the time…
M
Nice decision. If you are not already doing so I suggest watching the original German language version with english subtitles. The soundtrack is WAY better.
But it appears one of the best examples, The Hoover Building" is till pretty much intact.
J
I agree. The peacetime Stasi had a lot more people available than wartime Germany for instance.
J
Agreed. My rule of thumb: Always watch in the original language. Much more enjoyable than english overdubs.
I am loving the discussion about Germanys past but it really should be while enjoying coffee and cakes or beer and snacks. I would rather hear and see more of the wonderful diorama so far it looks like a colorized photograph of the time a splendid piece of work.
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Jerry it’s getting better and better each time I visit… and well worth the effort.
As for the absence of THE GOONS I completely agree. Given the time period life was still relatively ‘normal’ for most Germans… even if things were starting to go South.
Like you I have a foot in both camps, with a German great grandfather who came to Britain at the turn of the last century and plenty of cousins who stayed behind.
Let’s enjoy a lively Berlin street scene without having to endure what was soon going to change…
True and I go past it every time I go to London to visit my “kids” (33 and 30!). It’s a really impressive building. It doesn’t belong to Hoover any more alas. Cinemas were nearly always Art Deco too. In the UK they transmogrified firstly in “Bingo” halls, then latterly into flats or got cleared to build more little boxes. There’s a nice example still in use in Richmond. Returning to the topic, any plans to install a Litfaßsäule (one of these: Germany, Bavaria, Munich, pedestrian zone, advertising pillar Stock Photo - Alamy)?
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Sounds fine by me, let us know when it’s available.
Since the title is “1935” or approximate, perhaps a poster for the 1936 Olympics would be in order? They are generally free of inappropriate propaganda. For instance, this one.
Just a suggestion to further clarify that this is around that time.
Gary
On a Litfaßsäule would be perfect.
I speak & read German, & agree that the German Language version soundtrack is very good, but I admit I did need subtitles on for when the ‘Baarleener’ characters spoke! 
Are the letters on the shop door made with dry transfers?
