"In this photo journal, Klaus Eschen reveals an impressive portrait of his city, Berlin - and this was West Berlin during a dramatic decade. It was a decade of radical political change and social upheaval in which the traces of the Second World War were still clearly evident. The building of the Wall in 1961 transformed key areas into desolate stagnation. Simultaneously, the "island" of West Berlin experienced an economic blossoming, leading to the creation of new districts and streets. It is a city of great urban and geographical diversity that attracts an equally diverse group of people. Here they develop their own individual surroundings and lifestyles that creates its own particular atmosphere. It is also the city where freedom is more than a mere catchword. And so at the end of this decade West Berlin, with its student movement became the centre and starting point for this political and cultural awakening. He who becomes acquainted with the present Berlin can scarcely imagine the contrasts that existed in the frontline city that was the West Berlin of the Sixties. Klaus Eschen preserves this memory of a place of political volatility, economic upswing and social diversity. Simultaneously, this book is a declaration of love for Berlin and its people in tumbled times." (publisher's note)
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Christiane Landgrebe
- Format
- HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 27 x 27 x 1,5 cm., 120 pp., appendix, short overview about history, highly b/w illustrated, 930 gr., German / English