While Weimar Berlin is hardly untrod ground for historical fiction either in Germany or elsewhere, I can’t think of any other depiction as compelling, or with as much heart and soul as Jason Lutes’ creation. Given its scope, depth and dozens of characters - many who often have similar facial features - it may take several reading sessions to fully comprehend the threads of this historical spiderweb. In depicting the journey from Weimar to the Third Reich, Lutes made sure not to suggest that any event was inevitable or to reduce any of its characters to historical aphorisms seen in countless depictions of the era. Any lover of history will be impressed with how meticulously researched this project was when they reach Lutes’ bibliography of fiction and nonfiction resources including architecture and photography.
When I finally traveled to the German capital in 2013, I absolutely made sure I took the comics with me. Whether to flee or stay and fight, collaborate or stand to the side, and - more importantly - how much humanity can we retain these are struggles that remain difficult and vital whether it is 1933 or 2020.Īs a lifelong history buff, and especially one of the 20th century anywhere in the world, I was automatically drawn to Berlin when I first picked up a couple issues of it’s original comic book form in 2005.
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