Tag: First World War
Lower Bavaria: The history of the pastor Ludwig Mitterer – Bavaria
Of Hans Kratzer, Passau Ultimately, a visit to an inn was fatal for the pastor Ludwig Mitterer. He forfeited his life there, of all places, where sociability and joie de…
culture of remembrance: "Actually, the thing belongs right away"
A statue is attached to a retirement home in Brannenburg, Upper Bavaria – and outrage erupts. Who is the “blower of Friday” and what could he have to do with…
Timothée de Fombelles History of the First World War – Culture
The picture book about the story of Rosalie fits well with an old British prejudice about the French: They are great thinkers, always briskly trying to rearrange the course of…
France: first humiliated, now courted – politics
November 11th is a day of remembrance in France, a holiday for the fallen soldiers and a reminder of the end of the First World War. This year, November 11th…
German history: The letters between Ernst and Gretha Jünger – culture
In the beginning she regularly called him “Schneckolino”: The correspondence between Ernst Jünger and his wife Gretha tells a tragic love story – and more. About a highly personal, sensational…
Furious: The new book “Love in Times of Hate” by Florian Illies – Culture
Between the two world wars, love raged through letters, conversations, souls, and beds. Or was it pure despair? In his new book, the author Florian Illies investigates the secret of…
Michael Köhlmeier’s novel “Matou” – Culture
Cats are good. They do not have complex responsibilities like humans, they are not condemned to a crawlingly dependent existence like the dog, they do not have to fight for…
Film “Hinterland”: Interview with Oscar winner Stefan Ruzowitzky – media
The Austrian director and Oscar winner Stefan Ruzowitzky on his film “Hinterland”, Viennese political madness and the desire to run around in the forest with swords. Interview by Verena Mayer…
In the cinema: “Hinterland” by Stefan Ruzowitzky: Vienna, Vienna, you alone – media
Off to the red house, that’s what the small group of soldiers around ex-lieutenant Peter Perg says, worn-out, ragged figures who have just made their way to the capital, to…