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From Berlin

by Armando, Susan Massotty

This collection examines the unofficial histories of the Second World War through observations and fragments of conversation recorded in Berlin. It documents the city's physical traces and its inhabitants' memories to reveal the living presence of a disappearing past.

Accession 13564 ISBN 9780948462870 Publisher Reaktion
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