Babylon's decay: a podcast about the dark Berlin 1929-1938

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Discover the new podcast "Babylon's decay" with Volker Kutscher and Thomas Böhm, who discussed the dramatic years 1929 to 1938 in Berlin. In ten exciting consequences you will learn how the crime became normal and what historical events shaped people's lives. Listen from September 26th in the ARD audio gauge and experience a captivating journey through time through a dark chapter in history.
Discover the new podcast "Babylon's decay" with Volker Kutscher and Thomas Böhm, who discussed the dramatic years 1929 to 1938 in Berlin. In ten exciting consequences you will learn how the crime became normal and what historical events shaped people's lives. Listen from September 26th in the ARD audio gauge and experience a captivating journey through time through a dark chapter in history. (Symbolbild/MB)

Berlin, the dazzling metropolis that shone in the light of the glamor world in 1929, is only a shadow of itself! A gripping podcast now reveals the dark turn when crimes became everyday life and the mischief started. The title? "Babylon's decay - with Volker Kutscher through Berlin 1929 to 1938". Captivating and revealing, the podcast with Volker Kutscher, known from the popular ARD series "Babylon Berlin", brings us on a shocking journey into the past. From September 26th, in the ARD Audiotheke, it starts!

The podcast provides hard facts of a real history hour. In ten gripping episodes, Kutscher talks together with the RBB presenter Thomas Böhm of a decade full of social change and unimaginable suffering. How did you live in this pulsating city at the time? Who were the great actors of resistance, and why did many become “fellow runners”? The duo investigates questions that we have to search for today when the spirits of the past catch up with us.

A look at the times

First -class research describes the years in detail - from the devastating blood shami to the shocking Reichspogromnacht. The podcast makes history tangible by dedicated to each episode for a year and linking to one of the twelve novels of Kutschers. So the listener becomes part of the stories that shaped people from back then. What exactly happened in the time when the global economic crisis struck? And what role did the National Socialist Party

reinforcement is available from Fritzi Haberlandt's readings, the scenes made of Kutscher's works in order to make what they hear even more alive. This not only becomes an interesting journey through time, but also an impressive experience, which at first glance vehemently arrives at an emotional level.

For example, the first episode of the series on September 26 will go online and examine how the “Blutmai” turned the streets of Berlin into a battlefield - with police sweetness on unarmed demonstrators. This central episode forms the starting point for many considerations about uprisings, political aberrations and the spiral developments that finally led to the abyss.

This is followed by a new part of the captivating story week after week, and the audience can look forward to a gripping final! The last volume of Kutscher's crime series "Rath" will be released on October 24th, and this event also promises great entertainment with musical guests and fascinating readings.

The reality from 1929 to 1938 is more than a historical intermezzo. It is lessons on human action, social structure and the consequences of silence that still fulfill us with horror today. "Babylon's decay" challenges us to take a close look and not to forget!

  • First episode: September 26th - Blood Mai - Civil War on the streets of Berlin
  • Second episode: October 3rd - veneration - real and false heroes

be there when history becomes alive and experience the rise and fall of a city - from September 26th in the ARD Audiothek. A must for every historical fan and for those who dare to look into the abysses of the past!