Priestess of Debauchery: Anita Berber

The woman with the shock of painted red hair, her body wrapped in a fur coat, and a pet monkey grinning and holding tight to her neck was #AnitaBerber She danced across the foyer of the #AdlonHotel of #Berlin #Germany during the #Weimar era, opened her sable coat and revealed her naked body underneath. Men leered, goggle-eyed. Women giggled or turned their heads in shock and embarrassment. There wasn’t much to embarrass the public in 1930s Germany – this was the era of #WeimarGermany an era of poverty and sin.

Anita Berber didn’t care. She liked to shock. She liked the attention. If she didn’t get it, she would shout and throw empty bottles or glasses on the floor. Berber was a dancer, an actor, a writer, and a model. She was called the “Goddess of the Night,” the “Priestess of Debauchery,” the very symbol of #Weimar decadence, and a drug-addled degenerate. She was all these things and more during her brief, sad life from 1899 until 1928.

Sources:

Dangerous Minds, "Meet Anita Berber", https://dangerousminds.net/comments/meet_anita_berber_priestess_of_debauchery_who_scandalized_berlin

Open Culture, "Meet Anita Berber, the #cabaret star", https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/meet-anita-berber-the-cabaret-star-who-scandalized-weimar-era-berlin.html

Hello Giggles, "In honor of the bisexual #burlesque star", https://hellogiggles.com/anita-berber-bisexual-burlesque-star-1920s/

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