.: Berlin, 1923 :. by Rainbowgirl
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Berlin, 1923. Inflation on it's tide. In October a Dollar was 40 Billion Marks. Wages were paid three times a day. When you were lucky you could buy a loaf of bread or half a pound of butter or a pound of noodles before the new exchange rates were known. If you had no foreign currency you were fighting against starvation.
But if you had Dollars, Pounds, Franks, whatever; or if you were in the black market, everything was different!
Berlin, 1923. Premier of Bertold Brecht's play 'Baal' - a flop. MAN introduced the first serial Diesel engine car and nail polish was on the market for the first time.
Berlin, 1923. Anna Deborah Jespersen, nee Perlmann was born - my grandmother.
Berlin, 1923 was not golden, but it was also fun! The restrictions of pre war era were gone. If you could afford it there was a party every night. Gay people didn't hide anymore (female that is, for males there still was the threat of imprisonment), but it seems that no one did care. Women delighted to dress in (male) morning dresses, or underwear or... nothing?. Gay or straight. Party waitresses appeared with a small fig leaf as a dress, if that. Claire Waldof - a famous singer - outed herself as a lesbian (praise her).
Berlin, 1923 was not golden, but it was fun, a lot of fun (if you had money, just like today).
No one knew they were dancing on a vulcano...
1923. Hitler went to prison for only one year for an attempted putsch (crimes coming from the right wing of politics were hardly punished at all, contrary to left wing crimes) and Marlene Dietrich appeared in a few little screen roles, 5 years to go to 'Blue Angel'.
What we now call the 'Golden Twenties' is still a year ahead, 5 more years to 'Three-penny-opera' or 'All quiet on the western front', only 6 years to the Black Friday market crash.
10 years to the catastrophy of Nazi government.
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A pic I found in the attic, hope you like it.
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Have a wonderful weekend! Have fun (if on the vulcano) ;-)!
Comments (82)
Black-Carrie
Marlene... sie hat auch nix anbrennen lassen... Great one, sweetie, but I won´t have this times back, much fun, but hard paid sometimes, hard drugs, self-sucide, pretty girls and men, who have to sell their bodies for just a little fun, but you are right, they have done their best to have a little fun in such hard times!
samyyous
Fantastic composition, also the scratch surface is so great ... really like old photos ... Congrats !!!!!
ShariaAsen
Really cool idea and render!
traeumerle62
cool work
Petra-S
Fantastic old artwork!
Thelby
Very, Very Nice, I Like It!!!
callad
This is sooo beautiful!!!! Stunning effect!!!
Steff_7
Awesome light and postwork. Superb...!!!
theconqueror
Excellent work...well done...
huismus
It’s marvelous! Thanks for the info, I knew about that prison but not the rest. Well done!
Richabri
I love everything about this one. Such atmosphere and mood :)
cole4965
I knew the history and it seems impossible but true, no wonder people were ready for change. Wonderful image!!!
RodolfoCiminelli
Wonderful and creative work....!!! Very expressive characters......!!!!!!
Erynn
Fantastic couple and incredible postwork :) Stunning work as always hun :)
TheAnimaGemini
Fantastisch Doro. Klasse filter. Super Bild.Und klasse Info.
zx9rjohn
Stunning image.the poses and lighting are perfect for the 1920's.fantastic postwork. With all the hedonism of the 1920's it was as if somewhere deepdown inside they new what was comeing? .fantastic work.
onebaretree
Fabulous style ~ Excellent work! :-)
Manvaeru
Spitze Doro, so toll gemacht, sieht wirklich aus wie von unserem Dachboden.
jwiest
Great idea and lots of very interesting historical information Doro! Thanks for sharing hugs
nathan314
'Willkomen, bienvenue, welcome...' One of your best. Excellent postwork, faultless lighting and pose. Thumbs up!
kbobbitt
FANTASTIC! Great work distressing the image, and some super poses...very creative!!
Ravenlady
WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Superb idea and pic! Yeah! Peace. Amy
Gor111
Oh this in sepia colored work looks so beautiful! Two real lovely looking ladies! Bravo!!!
Hefrian_Rotter
Great old picture texture rbg! :) da' Rotter
PhilW
Two fantastic characters and the work on the aged photo is superb - a masterpiece!
McAfee2000
well done - I LOVE the writeup
densa
excellent scene
RubyT
Fabulous time work, love the effects!!
meselfr
awesome pic... :)
chimera46
In the history books I read here as a student that image of someone talking a barrel full of money to buy groceries always stuck in my head. Hitler in prison? Sounds good to me...