Berlin, la ville divisée #[nn]

A lone figure stands with their back to us atop a wooden staircase, gazing over the Berlin Wall toward the distant Fernsehturm television tower — a quietly powerful image that captures the human reality of a divided city. By Susanne Buddenberg and Thomas Henseler, this French-language collection (*Histoires Contemporaines*) draws on the flags of the four occupying powers displayed across the top to frame Berlin's Cold War-era split with documentary weight. Published in 2014 by Des ronds dans l'O, it's a thoughtful, grounded work for anyone drawn to history told through personal stories.