Her idol was Rosa Luxemburg, a German revolutionary who had been killed by soldiers in 1919.

ECONOMIST: Ruth Werner, Soviet spy, died on July 7th, aged 93

In the atrium, a towering monument portraying a pregnant version of Nike, the goddess of victory, is dedicated to Rosa Luxemburg, who believed that only a socialist system could truly liberate women.

NEWYORKER: Art

Retro movie festivals featuring Weimar directing stars like Lang and Ernst Lubitsch, and actors like Peter Lorre, Louise Brooks and Emil Jannings, happen regularly at the Babylon (Rosa Luxemburg-Strasse 30, babylonberlin.de) and the Arsenal (Potsdamer Strasse 2, arsenal-berlin.de) movie houses.

WSJ: Experiencing the 1920s in Berlin, Germany