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The “Grand tableau antifasciste collectif” (1960) put its finger on the wound of French colonialism and was promptly confiscated and locked away for 27 years. Photo: Lukas Schramm It would…

Foto: DDR Museum/ Nic Mattick How did you come to work at the DDR Museum? I am a military historian and worked for ten years at the Bundeswehr Center for…

You can’t help but think about colonialism and colonial history together with the film. Photo: MUBIFilm In a first step, the glory of the colonial state is reduced. Using images…

Could also pass as an alternative couple in today’s Berlin: Hans (Johannes Hegemann) and Hilde Coppi (Liv Lisa Fries) Photo: Pandora Film Liv Lisa Fries, Andreas Dresen’s film in which…

With non-invasive prenatal tests that are already regularly used, fetuses could theoretically be examined for a variety of genetic abnormalities. Photo: IMAGO/Pond5 Images In the summer, a scandal involving the…

Martha (Tilda Swinton) asks Ingrid (Julianne Moore) to be in the next room when she goes on her final journey. Photo: Ó El Deseo/Iglesias Más Our life runs towards death…

October 22, 2024: An Israeli missile hits southern Beirut. Photo: AFP A year ago, the diary notes of the renowned Israeli-American historian Saul Friedländer from the first half of 2023…

Philipp Peyman Engel, editor-in-chief of the “Jüdische Allgemeine” Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Sebastian Gollnow Special notes Dear Mr. Peyman Engel, please do not leave our country! You are right to…

Some people talk about hot dogs, others say Ketwurst. In fact, it is an Argentinian beef sausage in a brioche coating with two different sauces made from glazed tomatoes and…

Tik Tok – because the many letters usually only get in the way when “reading”. Photo: picture alliance/Marijan Murat The media, the free press, brave journalism: what and where would…