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On 6 May 2004, in the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin, the achievements of Barbara and Winfried Junge were highlighted in a book presentation titled Die Kinder von Golzow. Lebensläufe ­ Bilder ­ Dokumente ­ Erinnerungen (The Children of Golzow ­ Paths of Life, Photos, Documentation, Remembrances). Published by Dieter Wolf, the edition contains 300 photos and is a treasure for the film historian, the devotee of German cinema, and the cinéaste with a penchant for documentary portraits. Currently Barbara and Winfried Junge are working on the 19th edition of their Die Kinder von Golzow saga. The 43-year chronicle is the longest running documentary in the history of the cinema. Recently, a documentation exhibition was opened in the original first-grade classroom in the village of Golzow where the chronicle began back in 1961.

Ron Holloway