Along the Wall and Watchtowers by Oliver August

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Along the Wall and Watchtowers by Oliver August

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A revealing portrait of reunified Germany in the form of a journey along the former Iron Curtain, from the Baltic Sea to the Czech border, this text is published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.

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Along the Wall and Watchtowers by Oliver August

Marking the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, this is a revealing portrait of the reunified Germany told in the form of an entertaining travelogue -- an 800-mile journey along the former Iron Curtain from the Baltic Sea to the Czech border. * When the Iron Curtain dissolved ten years ago, the faultline that divided West and East Germany also collapsed. But could the so-called 'death strip' be erased as easily as a pencil-mark on the map? * In his encounters with former border guards, ex-Stasi members turned insurance salesmen, decollectivized farmers, innkeepers, nudists, car mechanics, foresters and artists, the author reveals with a delightful lightness of touch the hopes, fears and regrets of both 'Wessis' and 'Ossis', and listens to the anxieties of those who feel 'colonized' by the West. * He observes new nature reserves in the old borderlands; visits the unique village republic where for 22 years the inhabitants lived enclosed between two fences; watches the rebuilding of the Bismarck family castle; attends an international gathering of Trabant-owners; explores museums devoted to documenting former life along the border; travels across the dark and sinister Harz mountains which once harboured an underground Nazi concentration camp; and ends his journey in Hof, where minefields have been transformed into golf courses.
August, Oliver: - Oliver August spent seven years in China as the Beijing bureau chief for the Times of London. He was previously the paper's youngest-ever New York correspondent. He now reports from the Middle East.
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ISBN 13 9780006531111
ISBN 10 0006531113
Title Along the Wall and Watchtowers
Author Oliver August
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2000-08-21
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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