Siegfried Unseld believed that something good could be made out of the Germans after the war – through spirit and writing. On his 100th birthday, friends and companions in Berlin remember the unique Suhrkamp publisher.
To begin with, at least briefly state the obvious in writing: the vitalistic rushing forward, the massive, springy grip, the carefreeness of shaking the hand of a young author with one hand and at the same time straightening one's body with the other, the ” “SU 68” on the license plate of his blue Jaguar, everything that defines the West German publisher Siegfried Unseld as a social figure, of course particularly impresses men.
