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Anecdotes such as the one about revolutionaries delaying occupation of a building until the proper authorization was obtained and about revolutionaries respecting "keep off the grass" signs makes one wonder whether or not there was a critical mass of Germans who were temperamentally suited to revolution.
Many thanks to Roly for the tip off about Babylon Berlin. It’s very good and I’ve been binge watching it for mch of the week. The only irritation is the god awful dubbed voices. Why they couldn’t have gone with subtitles bears me, Netflix have done it before. It’s nice to see another take on Ernst Gennat as a character.
All I can think of is the old (probably apocryphal) Lenin jape about "There will never be a revolution in Germany. The Germans will only storm a railway station if they have first queued to buy a platform ticket."
My visit to Frankfurt a few years back had me open-mouthed with shock and awe as the locals lined up and waited at the cross walk until the lights changed - DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO CARS VISIBLE IN ANY DIRECTION!!!