We open with some quotes on Berlin from the likes of David Bowie ('the greatest cultural extravaganza anyone could imagine') and Nikita Khrushchev ('the testicle of the west'), then follows the main content: reviews of 4 non-fiction books which tell the story of Berlin and its residents from different angles. They include a family history, the history of a house, an escape story and an investigation into the inner workings of East Germany.
Reading for this post
The House by the Lake by Thomas Harding
Stasiland by Anna Funder
Tunnel 29 by Helena Merriman
Red Love by Maxim Leo
Two Berlin Anthologies
City Lit Berlin Edited by Heather Reyes
Berlin, A Traveller's Guide by Paul Sullivan and Marcel Krueger
Tourist Information
Berlin Tourist Information Offices
Inspiring Germany Tourist Information
City Breaks: all the history and culture you'd research for yourself if you had the time!
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Berlin Episode 09 In Search of East Berlin
Berlin Episode 08 In Search of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Episode 07 Holocaust and Remembrance
Berlin Episode 06 Finding World War 2 in Berlin today
Berlin Episode 05 Four Berlin Squares
Berlin Episode 04 The Tiergarten and the Ku’Damm
Berlin Episode 03 Unter den Linden
Berlin Episode 02 The Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate
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