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The Rest is Noise, Berlin in the 20s and 30s - in pictures

Rest is Noise Berlin 1920-33: Marlene Dietrich as Lola
Marlene Dietrich performs in her famous role as Lola in the Blue Angel, 1930 Photograph: AFP
Rest is Noise Berlin 1920-33: Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), c1930. Photograph: Roger Viollet/Roger Viollet/Getty Images
Rest is Noise Berlin 1920-33: Lotte Lenya and Kurt Weill
German composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) with his wife, Austrian singer and actress Lotte Lenya (1898-1981), photographed c1940. Photograph: Archive Photos/Archive Photos
Rest is Noise Berlin 1920-33: The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in a production in Paris, 1937. Photograph: Lipnitzki/Roger Viollet
Rest is Noise Berlin: Anti French demonstration in Konigsplatz, Berlin
An anti-French demonstration in Konigsplatz, Berlin in 1923 protesting against the French occupation of the Ruhr Photograph: Associated Newspapers/Rex Features
Rest is Noise Berlin 1920-33: woman burning money
A Berlin woman starts the morning fire with Deutsche Marks "not worth the paper they are printed on'', due to hyperinflation following the first world war. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features
Rest is Noise Berlin 1920-33: A Hitler Youth rally
A Hitler Youth rally in 1933 Photograph: Rex Features
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