Tag: First World War
Defenseless Republic: The murder of Foreign Minister Rathenau 100 years ago – Society
100 years ago, right-wing extremists murdered the liberal German foreign minister, Walther Rathenau. About a deep cut in the short life of the Weimar Republic and the parallels that can…
Politicians in railway carriages and the visibility problem of Ukraine – Culture
A picture went around the world: politicians in a wagon on their way to Eastern Europe. But this one does not bring Lenin to Russia, but Macron, Scholz and Draghi,…
“Heinrich Vogeler” in the cinema: The fairytale prince of Worpswede – culture
A man stands in the moor and reads. He is wearing Wilhelminian clothes, but is studying an Insel booklet from the year 2000. They are Rilke poems, “In und nach…
World War I: How the English misled German bombers – Society
No fight without a feint, no war without a stratagem, just think of the most famous one, Odysseus and his giant wooden horse, in whose belly the Greeks hid and…
On the debate about the Ukraine conflict: the sacred right of the offended
The most important weapon remains outrage: over the inevitable interplay of war, diplomacy and the public sphere since Frederick the Great. source site
Coburg: A Prince Albert house wall? Is not desired – Bavaria
For a given reason, it has to be reminded once again. Actually, these Windsors, who are always so much a boo, would be perfectly normal Coburcher. Okay, the queen on…
A Prince Albert house wall in royal Coburg? Is not desired. – Bavaria
For a given reason, it has to be reminded once again. Actually, these Windsors, who are always so much a boo, would be perfectly normal Coburcher. Okay, the queen on…
This is how democracies can prevail against autocracies – opinion
The free world faces two attacks at once: from outside by states like Russia or China and from within by anti-democratic parties. It sometimes seems as if some people have…
Of hate and peace – opinion
column by Heribert Prantl I admire the pacifists. I admire how they manage to endure their impotence. I admire them for not faltering in the face of Putin’s aggression and…
The Pope as a peace broker: Jörg Ernesti’s book about the Vatican. – Culture
A day after the start of the Ukraine war, Pope Francis visited the Russian Embassy in Rome for an exchange of views. Although the Russian ambassador to the Holy See…