#  CES: "Metropolis in Ruins: Berlin in the 1940's" | Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann  

 



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 **March 26, 2015** 

 04:15PM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **Adolphus Busch Hall, Cabot Room**  



 

 



 

Metropolis in Ruins explores the history of Berlin in the mid-1940s, as it was being transformed from the capital of the Nazi empire to the shattered metropolis of the Cold War. The bounded space of the city allows to combine close-ups of concrete situations, actors, and social relations with long shots of mid-twentieth century disjunctures in the international arena. By exploring Berlin as a multinational space in transit from war to peace, the talk also investigates the resilience of urban life after catastrophe.[ Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann](http://history.berkeley.edu/people/stefan-ludwig-hoffmann) Professor of History, University of California at BerkeleySponsors: [New Directions in European History](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/studygroups/new-directions-in-european-history/)Contact: Carla Heelan, <ces-new-directions@fas.harvard.edu>

 

 



 

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