Tag: National Socialism
Mariam Kühsel-Hussaini’s novel “Emil” – Culture
Mariam Kühsel-Hussaini, born in Afghanistan in 1987 but came to Germany as a child, has already published a whole series of novels, most recently the well-received “Tschudi”, after the name…
“Time of my life”: The memoirs of Theo Sommer – media
For years he had sweaty hands while writing, Theo Sommer claims in his memoirs, although his boss Marion Gräfin Dönhoff sent him an enthusiastic telegram from Sylt on his first…
Max Beckmann in Munich – culture
Max Beckmann and his wife Quappi, Mathilde Kaulbach, pose for the camera on the beach. Run in and out of the water. Do winter sports. Traveling with a lot of…
Film about Holocaust survivors: “Infinite Sadness” – Fürstenfeldbruck
Peter Gardosch had wanted to come to Bruck for the premiere of the film, in which his life and path of suffering is shown. But a week and a half…
Munich: Remembrance project for former Jewish fellow citizens – Munich
Aside from being one of the most coveted addresses in the city, Ohmstraße in Altschwabing is a completely normal residential street in Munich. This is precisely what makes the starting…
Culture of remembrance: 18 more stumbling blocks are laid in Würzburg – Bavaria
The campaign, in which students from several schools take part, is intended to commemorate the victims of the National Socialists. Next Monday, November 28, Stolpersteine will be laid in Würzburg…
“Karl Kraus Handbook” by Metzler. Review by Jens-Malte Fischer. – Culture
“I am megalomaniac: I know that my time will not come,” Karl Kraus formulated as early as 1908. Even in his last years it seemed as if his prediction would…
Munich: Monument farce of the Bundeswehr is an embarrassing spectacle – Munich
The first impulse is a laugh. How absurd the farce is about the war memorial belonging to the Bundeswehr on Dachauer Strasse. Alone, the laughter doesn’t want to be happy,…
Markt Indersdorf: Commemoration of 35 dead babies in the children’s barracks – Dachau
Of Jessica Schober, Markt Indersdorf Little Boris-Josef Jaromy came from Sulzemoos. He was only 19 days old. He died in agony in the children’s barracks in Markt Indersdorf, where Eastern…
Historian Timothy Snyder is passionate about Ukraine’s culture
Of Sonja Zekri In early November, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US historian Timothy Snyder presented the world with the start of fruitful cooperation. Snyder, “a leading historian and friend…