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The Essay - Music on the Brink: Berlin
Stephen Evans reminds us that the German capital on the eve of war was the world's most innovative technological centre. Einstein was the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in 1914.
Stephen Evans, the BBC's Berlin Correspondent, reminds us that the German capital on the eve of war was the world's most innovative technological centre. Einstein was here, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics from 1914. Mark Twain called Berlin the "German Chicago" because of its dizzying sense of modernity and progress.
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Music and Culture of WW1
Highlights of BBC Radio 3’s special programmes to mark the WW1 centenary.
