thieme wolfe (1 Ergebnisse)

small, dark red hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. erasure spot on title pg., otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP). vintage photo post card laid in. NOTE: english language edition. endpaper maps. b&w frontis. 323p. b&w illustrations. bibliography. german history. history of berlin. architecture. world war ii. ~ Potsdamer Platz lives again: cinemas, cafes, a theater for musicals, casinos, restaurants, hotels, and arcades of shops have started the new heart of Berlin beating as it did in the 1920s. From the wasteland at the Wall, a new quarter has arisen with highrises, piazza, and a landscape of fountains. Potsdamer Platz was once the most heavily trafficked square in Europe. Here, people sought amusement in luxury hotels, beer palaces, and the "Vaterland" House, until nights of bombing and house~to~house combat extinguished all life. The ruins gave way to a mid~town desert that was bisected by the Wall for nearly 30 years. Weinhaus Huth was the only thing to survive on Potsdamer Platz. Built in 1912, it experienced the Imperial years and World War I, the Weimar Republic, World War II and the post~war period, and finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall. Wolf Thieme recounts the colorful story of this historic building. Eyewitnesses who lived and worked here awaken memories of good years, difficult years. Weinhaus Huth stands as a jewel from the past in a new Berlin. It has much to tell.