Sophie Scholl: Why Jana from Kassel is more correct than Carola Rackete
Dhe supreme discipline of insult was always the Hitler comparison. But for some time now, the greatest happiness of self-empowerment has been to be compared … Read more
National Socialism
“When they are dead, there are new ones” (nd current)
NS model company: View of the Continental plant in Vahrenwald in the 1930s Photo: dpa / Continental AG It was an extremely urgent letter that … Read more
Which Nazi cadres were in the club? (neue-deutschland.de)
The 96-year-old Esther Bejarano – here on the 10th day of remembrance of the soccer network “Never Again” – survived the Auschwitz concentration camp as … Read more
“Solsbüll” author Jochen Missfeldt turns 80
Et should be an inaugural visit: Anne Hasse, the new midwife from the neighboring village, introduces herself to the doctor Otto von Meggersee in his … Read more
Carl Schmitt explains to Donald Trump: The Führer and the people
In 1924 the brochure of a then rather unknown constitutional lawyer named Carl Schmitt appeared. This brochure was entitled “The intellectual and historical situation of … Read more
Henryk M. Broder: Paris needs more than stumbling blocks
Ja, it is true that about 75% of French Jews survived the war, the German occupation and the collaboration of the Vichy regime under Marshal … Read more
Labor remained the only resource (neue-deutschland.de)
There have been more land reforms in history. What was special about the one in the east of Germany? The specifics of the land reform … Read more
Götz George: The son who didn’t want to be a patricide
How exactly 75 years ago Götz George last saw his father. The seven-year-old drove with his mother, the actress Berta Drews, from the south-west of … Read more
Hertie and the Hitler dictatorship – Was there something? – Politics
One of the largest non-profit foundations in Germany, the Hertie Foundation, refuses to publicly process its historical legacy – at least this is the accusation … Read more
Timothy Snyder: “You can’t leave people alone here in the hospital”
Timothy Snyder, born in 1969, teaches history at Yale University. He has written widely acclaimed books on National Socialism and Stalinism (“Bloodlands”, “Black Earth”). With … Read more