Of
Moritz Baumsteiger
Threatened in her home country for years, finally fled when the war began – and now here, in the dignified atmosphere of a concert hall steeped in tradition, speaking: A “feeling of the magic mountain” surrounds her, said Irina Scherbakowa, “far removed from reality”. With this, the co-founder of the Memorial organization, which is now banned in Russia, was not just alluding to the geographical location of Schloss Elmau, which stretches its tower into the graceful panorama of a high valley at the foot of the Wetterstein Mountains.