Destination: Germany and the Historic East Prussia
Book: Forgotten Land: Journeys Among the Ghosts of East Prussia by Max Egremont, (2011) published by Picador
Review by Martin Davies
When I began learning German at the age of thirteen, there was a particular wall map which dominated the classroom of our eccentric master, ‘Herr’ Holgate. It showed the nation’s main cities, roads and railways, of course, plus the lay of the land in standard tints – green, brown, yellow and purple. Continue reading Beyond the Corridor: Prussia