Special Edition The Miracle of Bern - the book about the successful film by Sönke Wortmann and the musical. No other sporting event has changed Germany so profoundly since 1945. In his moving novel based on the film, Zeit editor Christof Siemes describes the rocky path of the team led by coach Sepp Herberger all the way to the final against Hungary. Their most loyal fan, eleven-year-old Matthias from Essen, who has found a father figure and idol in national player Helmut Rahn, eagerly anticipates the World Cup just like the rest of the nation. But then, completely unexpectedly, Matthias' father returns after twelve years of captivity. Nothing seems the same; he has long become a stranger to the family. Christof Siemes tells the story of the dawn of a new era, about the first youth generation after the war, their music, their fashion, their football, and more.