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
Weimar Republic
Lukas Rietzschel: Instructions for a novel about Saxony
IIn the last few years you have been able to consolidate your opinion about Saxony. You have learned that Saxony’s citizens are predominantly right-wing extremists, … Read more
“Die tote Stadt”: Later success for Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s opera
DThere are nuts at the round bar. You are bored playing with the lemon wedge on the cocktail glass. Expectation of the night hawks. But … Read more
Civil Protection Act: Democracy Twilight – WELT
AThis Wednesday, the Bundestag will get down to business. The government coalition wants to pass the Third Civil Protection Act, the Federal Council will be … Read more
Boaz, Jachin, Mahabone: The Seven Legends About the Freemasons
Dhe British historian John Dickie, who has already written a highly regarded book on the Cosa Nostra, has done research on the Freemasons and their … Read more
Rudolf Wolters & Co: Building after 1945 – planned by Hitler’s architects
BToday it is hardly understood that the reconstruction after the end of the war took place in forms that had been developed in the reconstruction … Read more
Berlinische Galerie: Berlin is the city of brooders
Party capital? Tourist attraction? Hedonism hotspot? Focus of innovation? Future laboratory? Nothing. With overwhelming clarity that puts the viewer in deep thought, Berlin seems to … Read more
Germany: The new desire for hiking
Dhe Palatinate vineyard leads through wonderful deciduous forest, down again and again into a rustic wine village. The wandering pope knows his terrain; it tells … Read more
Anti-Semitism: where does the hatred of the Jews come from?
“It’s all for nothing”, this bitter conclusion was drawn in 1894 by old Theodor Mommsen as one of the founders of the anti-Semitism association. The … Read more
Post-Corona-City: people in cages
KKeeping cages is the cheapest mass accommodation of animals and people. Now it has fallen into disrepute because it shows how susceptible it is to … Read more