Café des Westens

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The Café des Westens on No.18/19 Kurfürstendamm Berlin, was an establishment which operated from 1898 to 1915, and became famous as a meeting place for the artists of turn-of-the-century Berlin. It was known colloquially as the Café Größenwahn; the German Größenwahn meaning "delusions of grandeur".

The café lost the patronage of many artists after management changes in 1912 and closed in 1915. The building reopened as the Rosa Valetti's Kabarett Größenwahn from 1920 to 1922.[1] In 1932 the rooms were reopened as a branch of the Café Kranzler but the building was destroyed in bombing in April 1945.

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  1. Stephanie Singh Berlin 2007– Page 42 "Weitere bedeutende Kleinkunstbühnen waren das Kabarett Größenwahn von Rosa Valetti, die Wilde Bühne, auf der der noch unbekannte Bertolt Brecht auftrat, und das Nelson-Theater am Kurfürstendamm, wo Marlene Dietrich und Hans ...

Coordinates: 52°30′14″N 13°19′52″E / 52.50389°N 13.33111°E / 52.50389; 13.33111

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