Checkpoint Charlie by Iain MacGregor review – Berlin’s secrets and spies

This rich collection of stories from cold war Berlin captures the city’s many complexities

“Berlin resembles the Holy Roman Empire, described by the great jurist Pufendorff as Monstro Simile – like unto a Monster. Seek not to understand – only to preserve!”

With these words, old Dr Kohn, the Bonn embassy’s legal adviser, would begin the induction of each incoming British ambassador into the mysteries of divided Berlin.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/369KmcJ