Halle is the fourth largest city in the former East Germany, with a population of 340,000. Many of these people, perhaps one third, live in pre-fabricated houses, designed to last only twenty-five years.


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Halle is the fourth largest city in the former East Germany, with a population of 340,000. Many of these people, perhaps one third, live in pre-fabricated houses, designed to last only twenty-five years.
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Hans Joachim Ellerbrock is a photographer. His photo-essay 'Halle by Day' appeared in Granta 42.
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