In whodunits, the culprit always returns to the scene of the crime. Well, so did the 1965 graduating class of ceramic and glassworks engineers from Essen National Engineering College at their first gathering after such a long time, i.e. they convened in Essen, Europe‘s 2010 Cultural Capital. Particularly for those now living far away, it was very interesting to see how Essen and the rest of the Ruhr Region have changed over the past 45 years.
More than 70% of the alumni brought along their spouses. Not only did former fellow students from Bavaria attend; even ceramic engineers from Istanbul and...