The book remained on the Spiegel bestseller list for nearly two years and has been translated into roughly 20 languages. It is widely used in German schools as a cautionary tale about drug abuse.
(We Children from Bahnhof Zoo) is an autobiographical account that chronicles the descent of Christiane Felscherinow into heroin addiction and prostitution in 1970s West Berlin. Initially published as a series of reports in Stern magazine, it became a seminal work that shocked German society by exposing a previously hidden teenage drug underworld. Publication History & Origins Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Refers to the Zoologischer Garten (Zoo Station) , which became a notorious hub for drug trafficking and underage sex work in the late 70s. Plot Summary & Themes The book remained on the Spiegel bestseller list