Ein Hof und elf Geschwister

Family memories interwoven with an almost forgotten piece of contemporary historyThe proud farming tradition of cattle markets, self-sufficiency and hard, back-breaking labour disappeared at a rapid pace and yet very quietly over the course of the 1960s. Ewald Frie uses the example of his family to tell the story of this major turning point. With just a few strokes, using telling scenes and examples, he shows how his parents' world came to an end, his siblings followed other life plans and the general social change gripped the country. Frie asked his ten siblings how they experienced this time. His brilliantly written book brings the great upheaval to life with unerring laconism.