Rally in Berlin 1923

Rally in Berlin 1923.

The photo documents a large rally at the Victory Column in Berlin in 1923. In the midst of the severe economic and political crisis of the Weimar Republic – characterised by hyperinflation, unemployment and the consequences of the occupation of the Ruhr – people gathered to express their protest against what they perceived as unjust conditions. The iconic Victory Column, once a symbol of Prussian power, provided an impressive backdrop for the expression of the economic and political discontent of those turbulent times.