Tag: story
Munich: 60 years of building the wall – waiting to leave the GDR – Munich
Torsten Sowa grew up in the GDR, at the age of about 20 it was clear: he wanted to leave. Since his grandfather lived in the West, that was conceivable…
55 Voices of Democracy: Melissa Chan on Democracy – Culture
Security, education, co-determination: Democracy is an abstract word, but those who make an effort are also committed to ensuring that the banal things in life work. In the autumn of…
The story behind “Fémè boutik”, the battle cry that led the Blue to the Olympic title
From our special correspondent in Tokyo, Sometimes an Olympic gold medal comes down to nothing. Often even. For the handball players, crowned this Sunday against Russia for the first time…
Podcast “Wild Wild Web – The Kim Dotcom Story” – Media
The world this podcast is about no longer exists. Wild Wild Web – The Kim Dotcom Story tells of the beginnings of digitization, when the internet was still a thing…
“The Green Knight” in the cinema: a portrait of Dev Patel – culture
When Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” was the surprise success of the year in 2009, won eight Oscars and four Golden Globes, leading actor Dev Patel, almost 19 years old, was…
“Palandt”, “Schönfelder” and Co .: Beck-Verlag ends honor of Nazis – politics
Prominent National Socialists are still very present in German courtrooms in 2021. When judges want to look up something, they often use the “Palandt”, the most important legal commentary on…
Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games: “The Americans didn’t want me”, the story behind Romain Cannone’s gold medal
From our special correspondent in Tokyo, Give him the keys to the city and the Emperor’s room. Romain Cannone, caught by the pass at the last moment to get on…
Nazi era – silent resistance to barbarism – politics
The French historian and political scientist Jacques Semelin examines forms of aid for the Jewish victims of persecution and the Holocaust. In his study “Without weapons against Hitler” he describes…
Anti-abortion, mother posts photos of 14-week-old fetus on Facebook? The story is true
It is a story that unleashes passions between pro and anti-abortion and which regularly resurfaces on social networks. Particularly viral. The post usually begins with these words: “Mom miscarried 14…
The story of this 9-year-old boy on whom Pasteur tested the rabies vaccine is true
For once it is not (directly) the Covid-19 … On Facebook, a story unleashes passions between pro-vaccine and antivax. One of the publications relating it, particularly viral, was published on…