After the Wall

by Marc Fisher

After the Wall offers a probing look at Germany and the Germans today--five decades after the end of World War II and five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall--revealing the most conflicted, powerful, promising, and dangerously divided country in Europe.

Genres: History, Germany, Nonfiction

352 pages, Hardcover

First published June 14, 1995

About the author

Marc Fisher is a senior editor at The Washington Post, where he has been the enterprise editor, local columnist, and Berlin bureau chief, among other positions over thirty years at the paper. He is the author of Something in the Air, a history of radio, and After the Wall, an account of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany. Fisher wrote several of the Washington Post articles that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2016 and the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2014.

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Reviews

[Arwen Downs · Rating 4 out of 5]

The sociological analysis of Germany post-reunification offered by this book was a lot of fun to read, especially interviews with Germans from all different backgrounds and beliefs. However, based on Fisher's tone I am almost certain that I need to read other accounts to get a more realistic view of the atmosphere in the country. Fisher is very self-satisfied, and has a tendency to come off sounding like an embarrassingly stereotypical know-it-all American. That being said, I still very much enjoyed the book and it did renew my wish to visit sooner rather than later.

[Betsy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, well written...read it after my frist trip to Germany and it explained a lot, from an American perspective within Germany. I loved it so much, I emailed Mr. Fisher and he was nice enough to email back and chat a bit! Might be a little outdated now, but still interesting to read and remember that it is an American's perspective from the mid-90s.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I reread this last week as the 20th. anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was approaching. Having spent a great deal of time on both sides of the wall and still knowing these German friends today, the information in the book rang true just as it did two decades ago. The writing is clear, and the events and opinions pretty much represent the truth as I know it from my German friends.

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Marc Fisher appears to not like Germans or Germany. This book about his time there is the result.