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Barely sparing Görlitz, with so much fire and so many ex-
plosions, are the soldiers from Quentin Tarantino’s inge-
nious Inglourious Basterds, with its brilliant ending. I have
seen it more than a couple of times, and on each viewing
I notice a new detail —and I find it better and better! So
much so that when I first visited Görlitz, I was amazed the
city was still standing, and I even toyed with the idea of
running into Brad Pitt around a corner, or catching sight of
the endearing “Book Thief”, to whom I would gladly lend a
hand in completing her stolen library.
The cinematic architecture of Görlitz.
Speaking of libraries: the Harry-Potter-style library of
Görlitz is none other than the Upper Lusatian Library of
Sciences, located in the centre of the city. I have never
visited the fictional library imagined for Harry Potter, but I
have been in the real one in Görlitz, and I must say it is a
marvel —a place where one learns simply by breathing,
and from which one emerges knowing more than when
one entered.
The buildings of Baroque, Renaissance, Gothic or Wil-
helmine styles that are scattered across the easternmost
city in Germany are truly astonishing. And seeing many
of them empty —for people, especially the young, tend
to move west for work— I caught myself imagining which
one I would buy. From what I hear, the prices are not too
high, and one could acquire a small palace for what, in
other places, would barely buy you a tent.
The problem is what to do afterwards, because once
you have seen, lived and boasted about the pala-
ce, you must find a daily occupation, which might
MANENA S WINDOW´
The Silesian Museum
Spring in Görlitz
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