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Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city's ruler, and Maria, a poor worker, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes of their city.

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Schlichter carried out a hunger strike to secure early release, and in 1919 he moved to Berlin where he joined the KPD and the November Group. Their work, all of which was later condemned by the Nazis as "degenerate," was intense, angular, and nervous.

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the Nazis used women in their propaganda posters because it was an effective way to get the civilians on their side.

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