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This article posits that Berlin during the Weimar Republic was not merely the political capital of a new German state, but a paradigm of metropolitan modernity whose explosive growth, technological transformation, and social ferment created a unique urban laboratory. It argues that the city functioned as both catalyst and canvas for the era’s defining cultural innovations, acting as a powerful agent of liberation while simultaneously generating profound new forms of alienation. Through an analysis of the city’s physical transformation, its distinct cultural geography, and its representation in contemporary literature, film, and social commentary, this article examines Berlin as a site…