Lynette Roth. Photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Arts & Culture What ‘good luck’ means to a coal miner Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer September 18, 2026 6 min read Berlin artist explores labor, pride, and unsung heroes of Germany’s ‘economic miracle’ in Harvard exhibit Following the economic and political fallout from World War II, Germany underwent what scholars call the “wirtschaftswunder” or “economic miracle” during which industry boomed and rapid reconstruction led to increased prosperity. But who was responsible for creating the miracle, and what happened when they were no longer needed? That’s what Kurdistan-born artist and Berliner Pinar Öğrenci asks in her work ...