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Galerie Anita Berber – 8

Galerie Anita Berber – 8

Anita Berber (June 10, 1899 – November 10, 1928) was a German dancer, actress and writer. Anita Berber was painted by many artist, among them Otto Dix
Her lover was dancer Sebastian Droste. In 1922, Berber and Droste published a book of poems, photographs, drawings: KokainBerber’s cocaine addiction and bisexuality were matters of public chatter. She was allegedly the sexual slave of a woman and the woman’s 15-year-old daughter. She could often be seen in Berlin’s hotel lobbies, nightclubs and casinos, naked apart from a sable wrap and a silver brooch filled with cocaine. Besides being a cocaine addict, she was an alcoholic.

Anita Berber died of tubercolosis, at the age of 29, on November 10, 1928 in a Kreuzberg hospital and was buried at St. Thomas cemetery in Neukölln.
In 1987 film Rosa von Praunheim made a film titled: Anita – Tänze des Lasters.

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