Minirock und Literbombe. Das Saarland in den 1960er Jahren by Reinhard Klimmt

"The large-format volume with many unpublished pictures by renowned photographers creates an exciting panorama of the Saarland that will become at home in the Federal Republic after the turbulent 1950s.
The photographs tell of hard work in the ironworks and mines, but also of life in the country and in agriculture. They highlight the mining crisis and the boom in the steel industry. And they tell of people, their attachment to their homeland, the art of 'savoir-vivre' and the proximity to France.
The picture show illustrates the social change from a clerical to a cosmopolitan, modern society. An impressive photo book about the growth and development of the Saarland between crisis and restructuring, old wounds and new ways." (free translated publisher's note, © Emons Verlag, 2018)