“Free German boy” by David Frohriep: book launch in Potsdam

2024-09-08 08:11:10

David Frohriep called his story “The Free German Boy”. But the cover of the book is not blue like the FDJ shirts that Frohriep wore as a teenager because he did not want to exclude himself from the school class, but it is in burgundy red – the color of his favorite wine. The son of Jürgen Frohriep and Kati Szekely has lived in Paris for 25 years;

The 58-year-old finally shares his memories of the roller coaster rides of his life for Carla and Alicia – exciting stories are better than a silent tombstone. Although David Frohriep has been working as a media trainer for large companies for many years, he had no contacts in the German publishing field and therefore quickly self-published his book as a “Book on Demand” – hence the “Free German Boy ” is able to stay completely consistent with your own ideas. But this is certainly difficult to sell in the book business. Carsten Wist, the operator of the award-winning “bookshop” in the center of Potsdam, met the author at the beginning of the book and would give the book, but it does not appear in any publisher’s catalog.