European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stripes Magazine american architect helped design West Bellini attractive berlins popular open shelf Library by Mark staff writer outside tiie big gloss Entrance students begin to their breath forming Silvery mists As they talk in the Winter air waiting for the Library to at least half our readers Are under says Adolf von Murz noting the Youngish group Asho walked through the Library where a in eclat exhibit on the Lalo president Kennedy was set the Library von Murz referred to is the american memorial Library Amerl Kunischow a Reading and reference in econ for Bor liners Young and von Murz is Deputy director of the which has just completed a decade of operation and Tho Black Bear Flag of Berlin and the red Blacknold Banner of the Federal Republic of Germany Fly before Tho six Story Given to Berlin to Mark the Berlin Airlift of Tho Library opened its doors 19m with volumes on its the books Cost 1 million Marks 000 and were Given to the City of Berlin in addition to the Library Struc which Cost 4v4 million Marks Al the City now supports the today holding about Many in English and january 1965 other Tiiu Library has space for with the completion of the go Dunk Germany had its first Public Library in the real von Murz open where readers May casually browse or a common thing in America for Many was not too Well known in Ger Many the Berlin still believes in the modern approach and employs the Wayne county Detroit charge system for Book and is soon to have photographic there Are some registered and before the communists Berlin Wall went up there were Many readers from the russian reason Why it was prohibited to take photos in the building before East zone readers feared their faces might show and this evidence might bring them trouble one serving the Public is a staff of 48 of whom Are trained among them right now is an attractive Young Phyllis Porter of who works in the childrens Book the University of Michigan graduate will lie with the stuff until when she will leave on her work for then travel for awhile schedule speaking of the childrens the Library to one of Germany few with open shelves for the  has gone All out in that direction with the construction in 1956 of an Annex where Juve nil Appeal books arc the Annex is also the scene of puppet shows and other childrens some quite similar to the saturday hour Young adults have their collection of popular in stateside Libra volumes in another Section of the students and adults have free Access to books on the open shelves and the remainder ordered via Book elevator in the a comfortably furnished study room is open to As arc three listening much used by music a Large soundproof room is equipped with a Pluto where students Mutch their playing against that of recorded a special service is provided by a valuable collection of about old and new which arc very valuable for people who had houses in explained von some of the files Are by Street name and Lucr liners Whoso properties were bombed out can use Ilia postcard photos us evidence in making a valuable adjunct to the Gedenk Bibliog thick is a 323scat Ono of berlins largest when it first opened after the r is Home to popular concerts and particularly appealing to Young since the Library was in american it can Only be expected that Ameri cans were in on the design of the gently curving 231footlong architect Francis qually of new and Charles Mohrhardt of the Detroit Public Library joined with a team of German experts to work up the the end result has not Only been Well visited by it has been the target for Many including the late president Robert and German presidents Thodor and ill Nelch photos by Joe Guenther Schuettler the stars and stripes ii