Berlin: The City of Millions 1800: 170,000 Early 1850s: 500,000 1877: 1,000,000 1890-1910: 2,000,000 1920: 4,000,000

Map of Berlin

Economic and Political Context-1 Civil War in 1918 and 1919 Weimar Republic, August 1919-1933 Street violence, political assassinations and hyper inflation

Economic and Political Context-2 Collapse of the monetary system Economic boom (1924-1929): capital exports from the US Crash in 1929 High rates of unemployment

In front of an employment office

Berlin in the late 19th and early 20th century An industrial center: metalworking, machinery, and electrical industries East-West divide Tenements: overcrowded, poor living conditions

Tenements in Berlin

New Construction Projects in the 1920s Leading role of the government Goals: Better access to light, air, and open space Nonprofit building cooperatives: Gehag, Britz, a project sponsored by Gehag Drastic slowdown in the construction projects

Britz

Transportation Network Coming of railroad, 1830s Elevated rail lines Electric Street Cars Subway lines and busses 1930s: 1.5 billion passengers

Potsdam Square