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Conversation reveals how historical fiction addresses democracy's vulnerability to dictatorship, emphasizing its relevance today.
The German TV series Babylon Berlin is based on the popular crime novels by Volker Kutscher on Weimar Berlin in the 1920s. In this conversation, the author explains his ambitions to make his readers aware how a democracy can change into a dictatorship. He describes his research methods, discusses the relationship of historical facts and fiction, and talks about differences between his books and the series Babylon Berlin .
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