Women in Jazz

During World War I, jazz conquered Berlin. Its opponents considered the music a sign of "unmanliness," "effeminacy," and "feminization." Just ask the women in jazz themselves!

Jazz Tour of the Roaring Twenties

Stroll past jazz venues, including those in the Scheunenviertel (Barn Quarter), such as the former Großes Schauspielhaus (Great Playhouse) and Clärchens Ballhaus (Clärchens Ballroom).

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Participating artists

Lotte Lenja

Claire Waldoff

Josephine Baker

Marlene Dietrich

Rosa Valetti