false 1337448 3453162897 9783453162891 231 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182842808m/1337448.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1337448.Wir_Kinder_Von_Bahnhof_Zoo 474991 Christiane F. 346 32 4 1 false Tue Aug 12 04:51:38 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 04:59:53 -0700 2008
Every city has its seedy side and West Berlin more than most - it was always a little weird because of its odd isolated status as a kind of democratic & capitalist advertisement so close to its Communist neighbour. There had also been a long tradition of experimentation and excess in the city even before the war that was accentuated by the post war division.

It's also one of my favourite cities and my visits have always been memorable. I do recall being stuck on the Bahnhof Zoo very late at night in the 1970's and being absolutely terrified of going down from the platform to the toilets. This book captures the horrors of that time from the other side in a way and brings a human face to the misery those children suffered. ]]>