viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book would have been a much slimmer and poorer

volume if not for the input, support and assistance of a
good many people and institutions. I can’t possibly fit in
everyone who helped me in some way, but I must thank
the following:

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Amt für Multikulturelle Angelegenheiten, Frankfurt
Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin
Bundesbildestelle, Bonn

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Deutsche Bibliothek

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Financial Times (Europe)

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Industrie-und Handelskammer, Frankfurt am Main

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Inter Nationes, Bonn

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Wolfgang Huhn and the Polizeiladen, Frankfurt am Main

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Landesverband des Hessischen Einzelhandels e.V.

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Bernd Basten Dr Peter Linder

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Martin Harrison Heinz Frey and Rita Da Silva-Frey

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Brigid Ibell Alessandra Helm

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Sally Lamm Doris Linda Jones

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George McIlhenney Gudrun Lord

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Robert Rodger James G. Neuger

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Inge Schlaile Orly Selinger

Robert Stevenson Helmut and Hedwig Stein
Susan Stern Ulla and Marylane Silundika