Berlin Now

An entertaining, enlightening, and “engrossing” journey through Europe’s most charismatic and enigmatic city ( The Christian Science Monitor ). It isn’t Europe’s most beautiful city, or its oldest. Its architecture is not more impressive than that of Rome or Paris; its museums do not hold more treasures than those in Barcelona or London. And yet, Peter Schneider tells us, when citizens of New York, Tel Aviv, or Rome ask him where he’s from and he mentions the name Berlin, their eyes instantly li