Berlin Before the Wall

First published in 1990, Berlin Before the Wall is an account of life in Berlin recorded in the form of a diary and sketchbook kept by Hsi-Huey Liang, a young graduate student, while researching his dissertation in 1954.

Hsi-Huey Liang was Chairman of the Department of History and Professor of Modern European History at Vassar College, USA. A prolific author and a talented visual artist, Liang, who had lived on three continents, brought an extraordinarily cosmopolitan, compassionate, and witty sensibility to the craft of history.

Introduction 1. Arrival (Fall 1953) 2. Winter 1953-1954 3. Spring 1954 4. Summer/Fall 1954 Epilogue