East-West: Olsen gang from Halberstadt | nd-aktuell.de
Old money is like concrete: it always depends on what you do with it. Photo: © Peter Hartwig / ROW Pictures / zischlermann / X Verleih It has long been…
Olympic Games: Olympia: The dark shadow of the Tokyo Summer Games
Party without guests: empty stands like at the volleyball finals Photo: imago/Sven Simon When Shino Haseo thinks about the big sporting event that is still called “Tokyo 2020” even though…
“A son of two mothers”: Franz Dobler: An existence that is not fate
Describing a non-archetypal manhood: Franz Dobler at a slightly younger age Photo: Ralf Illing The writer Franz Dobler is adopted. He actually never wanted to write a book about it.…
Growing up: A life cannot be wasted
The music used to be better and the sleep was deeper. You just couldn’t fly yet. Photo: dpa It doesn’t often happen that you land a bestseller in Germany with…
Textile Texts: How I learned to love ankle-free socks
Naked men’s ankles are like car accidents in the oncoming lane. Foto: IMAGO/Wirestock We live in a time of trigger warnings. From politically incorrect Otto jokes to retraumatizing love lyrics…
Against hate: There’s no more fighting against hate
Tel Aviv, last Saturday: Protest against Netanyahu, for the release of the hostages held by Hamas. Photo: dpa/AP/Leo Correa It says you shall never lose your sense of humor, no…
Film: Documentary film “The Gate”: Alone with the trauma
The Utah desert reflects the mental state of the protagonists in “The Gate” quite well. Photo: Ma.ja.de. Film Production GmbH If something is supposed to take place in secret, then…
Antifascism: What values are important to us?
How should you remember who? Plötzensee Memorial in Berlin Photo: imago/Jürgen Ritter “There wasn’t just July 20, 1944” is the title of a series of events organized by your German…
Pop music: theme music for animal documentary | nd-aktuell.de
Making music that people still want to hear twenty years later: Mark Hollis, singer of Talk Talk Foto: imago/United Archives It is often said about the British band Talk Talk…
Biography “The Wild Life”: The man who was Uschi Obermaier
A bit of freedom in narrow post-war West Germany: Uschi Obermaier, 1970 Photo: dpa It was a thankless job. He would soon regret accepting it. A ghostwriter lives by being…