Heinrich Zille (born 10. Januar 1858 in Radeburg; died 9. August 1929 in Berlin)Berlin is and was always one of the melting pots in Germany. There was always poor and rich close to each other. Today we’ve got Mitte, Zehlendorf as the places where the prosperity is, Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg where the students are and Wedding and Neukölln where the working people are living.
This mixture didn’t really changed over the years. There was always the desire of the emperor/king/chancellor to make a big prestige project out of this city, which mostly cruched with the real life of the people living in this city, which lead to the all known “I don’t give a damn” m
entality of Berlin, best known and partially hated in the rest of the country.Zille is unique, because he devoted his work to those who live on the street in Berlin. Mostly known for his drawn sketches of the poor people managing with their lives, he was also a photographer and a journalist who interviewed prostitutes, only because of his premise, that someone has to tell their story.
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