Description
Book SynopsisAn immersive radical walking guide to one of Europe's most popular cities
Trade Review'A guide through Berlin's riveting history that is gripping, tragic, triumphant and above all, authentic'
-- Dan Arrows, host of 'The Iron Dice' Podcast
'Fascinating and eclectic. This guidebook illuminates hidden histories with clarity, honesty, wit and irony. Read it and walk it!'
-- David Rosenberg, author of 'Rebel Footprints'
'Inspirational. This collection of walking tours of Red Berlin is full of wonderful tales from a city which has, despite everything, remained experimental and revolutionary while others have become little more than malls or museums, all related with a deliciously bone-dry Berlinische humour'
-- Owen Hatherley, author of Red Metropolis
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Abbreviations and German Words
Introduction
1. (Anti)Colonialism
2. November Revolution
3. Rosa Luxemburg’s Berlin
4. Neukölln Will Stay Red!
5. 1968 in West Berlin
6. Riots in Kreuzberg
7. The East Is Red
8. Queer Berlin
9. Berlinerinnen
10. Afterword: Where This Book Was Written
About the Author
Index
