Reason of State – German Sensitivities | nd-aktuell.de
Richard von Weizsäcker, then Federal President, lays a wreath at the grave of the founder of Israel, Ben Gurion, on October 8, 1985. Photo: dpa/Istvan Bajzat “This historic responsibility of…
Latin America – Dieter Boris: pioneer of global sociology
As President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez was the hope of a left-wing turn in Latin America. Dieter Boris analyzed developments over decades. Photo: AFP PHOTO/PRESIDENCIA With the death of Dieter…
GDR history – Olivia Schneider: “The East is more diverse”
Photo: Amelie Sabbath For example, on your Instagram channel you show how you can make ice cream or cake from Bautzen mustard. How did the channel “tumvlt” come about? I…
Gaza War – PEN Berlin and the Middle East debate: There is mourning
Photo: Archive The historian and writer Per Leo has left PEN Berlin with around 30 other authors. This is the result of an extremely narrow vote defeat on a resolution…
Question of trust – In Scholz we trust?
Trustworthy view: Would you like to see Germany’s political fortunes in the hands of this man in the future? Foto: IMAGO/Political-Moments You don’t even know Olaf Scholz like that. First…
Art freedom – art freedom: Monika doesn’t want to wear a shirt
The owner of the Laba label, Gerhard Zschau, with the Corpus Delicti. Photo: LABA Görlitz The “Art Freedom Travel Group” has to get up early on December 20th. On Friday…
Ezzes von Estis – Manna
Let it rain manna, please now! This installation by Katja Silvana Daniel in a church in Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, was called “Heavenly Manna” – but it was over 20 years ago,…
Middle East – Per Leo: What to say about the war in Gaza?
Newly resigned: Diedrich Diederichsen Photo: dpa PEN Berlin recently announced that it is now the “authors’ association with the largest number of members in the German-speaking region,” with 730 members.…
Andreas Reckwitz – Where has the progress gone?
“From now on it went downhill” – sang Hildegard Knef back in 1971. Photo: Curve: dpa/Frank Rumpenhorst I can still remember how Professor Jürgen Kuczynski once demonstrated the crisis nature…
Berlin cultural policy – The resignation of Joe Chialo
Hard to believe: Does the man have a guilty conscience? The Berlin Senator for Culture Joe Chialo Photo: dpa/Sebastian Gollnow The crowds are cheering, the flags are waving, the children…