Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 765 g
A Tragic Prelude to the Division of Germany and the Wall
Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 765 g
ISBN: 978-3-922484-49-3
Verlag: Arbeitsgemeinsch. 13. August
New edition of the publication of Rainer Hildebrandt (first published in 1948): ”We are the Last. From the Life of the Resistance Fighter Albrecht Haushofer and his Friends”, supplemented by numerous photos and original documents, comments, index of names, forewords by Haushofer family members and an introduction by Alexandra Hildebrandt, publisher.
. and when the visitor encounters Rainer Hildebrandt, he asks him: "What gave you the idea to establish the museum?“ Silently the legendary founder and head of the Berlin Wall Museum "Haus am Checkpoint Charlie" leads him to the part of the exhibition that is dedicated to the resistance against Hitler where the tour through the museum starts. Hildebrandt stops at the photo boards. "The contemporaries deserve a long look. I lost my best friends, Albrecht Haushofer and Horst Heilmann, during the reign of the Nazis and was imprisoned myself for 17 months. I have learnt to fight against injustice. My great joy about Hitler's end was soon followed by great worry about the fate of occupied and divided Germany. This is why I founded the "Task Force against Inhumanity" in 1948 and this museum after the construction of the Wall. It all started in a 2½-bedroom apartment, now the exhibition space is over 2.000 m²."
(From the introduction)
