Berlin now : the city after the Wall /

A longtime Berliner's exploration of the heterogeneous allure of this vibrant city. Delving beneath the obvious answers, Berlin's club scene, bolstered by the lack of a mandatory closing time, the artistic communities that thrive due to the relatively low (for now) cost of living, Schneide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schneider, Peter, 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the German.
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cinderella Berlin
  • The great awakening
  • Clash of the architects
  • Potsdamer Platz
  • Berlin Schloss versus Palace of the Republic
  • West Berlin
  • A "wessi" attempts to find Berlin's soul
  • Berlin : emergence of a new metropolis
  • City West versus Capital City (East) and vice versa
  • Love (and sex) in Berlin
  • Love in divided Berlin
  • Love after the fall of the Wall
  • Clubs
  • What happened to the Wall anyway?
  • The American sector is leaving you
  • The ghost of BER International Airport
  • The Stasi legacy
  • An "enemy of the state" becomes boss
  • The new racism
  • Vietnamese in Berlin
  • Anetta Kahane and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation
  • The new barbarism
  • Turks in Berlin
  • A mayor flouts political correctness
  • Yes, you can : the Rütli School
  • Help, the Swabians are coming!
  • A belated cemetery visit
  • The man who gave Nefertiti away
  • Jewish life in Berlin
  • Spring in Berlin.