Our West Berlin
Our West Berlin! The beloved urban island where bars and pubs were open all night so the locals could plot the revolution! Where beer was cheap and sausage on a roll was considered dinner. Where the tenements still bore bullet holes from World War II, and the draft did not exist. Where the city government regularly stumbled over some real estate scandal and where the Communist-controlled S-Bahn train did not run (mostly). Where old-timers, Turkish immigrants, and students from West Germany lived side by side without much talking to each other, where winter smelled like coal, and summer smelled like weed. This book is devoted to this half-city, surrounded by the Wall, which ceased to exist in 1989. Two dozen authors who are, or were living in Berlin have contributed stories, from JFK touring Checkpoint Charlie to squatters at the Wall. It is a book for those who remember, and for those who wish they did.
| Autor: | Arikan, Erkan Austilat, Andreas Blumenthal, Ralph Dutschke, Gretchen Duwe, Paul F. Dückers, Tanja Hockenos, Paul Jähner, Harald Kaminer, Wladimir Kulke, Ulli Kurth, Detlef Lamberty, Ingo Legner-Zuriel, Sharona Martenstein, Harald Matthies, Bernd Noack, Frank Nowakowski, Gerd Pepchinski, Mary Praunheim, Rosa von Rada, Uwe Schilling, Kerstin Schrey, Martina Steinberg, Carolyn |
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| ISBN: | 9783960260677 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 240 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Schweitzer, Eva |
| Verlag: | Berlinica Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 01.12.2023 |
| Untertitel: | Storybook From The Island |
| Schlagworte: | Berlin Cold War Counter Culture East Germany Germany Protests Squatters Vietnam Wall |
| Altersempfehlung: | 12 - 99 |