Some of our greatest treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.
— Roger Caras
The real treasures in our lives. Photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2013. www.walled-in-berlin.com
For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, “Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom,” click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.
– Vera Nazarian
Open a door to allow in more light. Photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2013. www.walled-in-berlin.com
For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, “Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom,” click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
–Marcel Proost
Seeing the World with New Eyes, photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2014, www.walled-in-berlin.com
Attitude is a little thing that makes a BIG difference.
— Sir Winston Churchill
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For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, “Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom,” click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com
Age appears to be best in three things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink and old friends to trust.
— Anonymous
For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, “Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom,” click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com
So goes the saying, but according to Tehyi Hsieh
“Life is partly what we make it and partly what is made by the friends whom we choose.”
For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic or current events, people, places or food.
Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.
The shortest words, like yes and no, require the most thought.
— Pythagoras
For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, “Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom,” click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com
Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.
–Friedrich Nietzsche
For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, “Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom,” click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com
If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed.
If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
— Mark Twain
The newspaper – yes or no?
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For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com
We need three things when we wake up in the morning: something to do, somewhere to do it and someone to do it with.
–Anonymous
We need three things when we wake up in the morning: Something to do, somewhere to do it and someone to do it with, photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2016, www.walled-in-berlin.com
For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic or current events, people, places or food.
Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.
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