Introduction:

In post-war Germany, in the 1920s period, Germany started to open up it’s culture to the foreign influences that they had alienated during the war. American popular culture was welcomed with open arms, it was seen as being more ‘democratic’, which reflected the new Weimar Republics ideals. The more modern American culture celebrated living in the present and taking every day as it comes, rather than Germany’s dreary history. 

Actors such as Charlie Chaplin in his silent movies such as ‘The Kid’ were widely appreciated for their comical qualities.

The Afro-American Jazz and cabaret movement all became an important part of German culture. 

American dances such as the ‘Charleston’ became extremely popular in 1926 in Germany.