This may not cease by itself
An everyday Islamist demonstration might set up itself in Hamburg, just like the Monday demonstrations within the GDR. Horrible? Expression of recent cultural variety? That is not what it is about now. Final Saturday, an Islamist demonstration came about within the St. Georg district of Hamburg for the second time in 14 days. In line […]
Merkel memoirs will be published on November 26th
Angela Merkel was Chancellor for 16 years, after which she withdrew from politics and public debates. She will publish her memoirs in late autumn. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) will publish her political memoirs on November 26th. The memoirs entitled “Freedom. Memories 1954 – 2021”, written together with her long-time office manager Beate Baumann, will […]
When the former Chancellor’s memoirs will be published
It will cover her time in the GDR and reunified Germany: The title and date for Merkel’s memoirs have now been determined. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s memoirs are scheduled to be published in more than 30 countries on November 27th. The book is called “Freedom. Memories 1954 – 2021,” the publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch announced […]
Kretschmer on “Caren Miosga”: “It’s really five to twelve”
Michael Kretschmer criticizes the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance in “Caren Miosga”, but cannot rule out collaboration. The show made it clear why. At the same time, the CDU politician defended himself in the program on the topic “Does speaking help against radicals, Mr. Kretschmer?” against accusations of adopting arguments and tactics from the AfD, for example […]
Former ZdK President Meyer is dead
He led the lay German Catholics for more than ten years. Previously, he was a minister in the GDR’s only freely elected government under de Maizière. Hans Joachim Meyer died on Friday. The former president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) is dead. According to the ZdK, Hans Joachim Meyer died at the […]
Ambush murder: Ex-Stasi employee denies crime
In front of West German students, a man is shot from behind at the GDR border crossing at Friedrichstrasse station. 50 years later there is a trial against an ex-Stasi employee. He is said to have fired the fatal shot from behind the scenes – 50 years later, the ex-Stasi employee is in the spotlight […]
Ex-Stasi employee in court after fatal shot
A man is shot in the back at the GDR border crossing at Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse in East Berlin. It will take decades before charges can be brought. Now comes the trial. Almost 50 years after a fatal shot at a Pole at the GDR border crossing at Friedrichstrasse station in East Berlin, the trial against […]
Only a few eastern pensioners receive money from hardship funds
With German unification, some pension entitlements from the GDR era were lost. Anyone who was affected by this and is now poor could apply for money from a special fund. Only a few were successful. So far, only around 550 people with lost claims from the GDR era have received money from the hardship fund […]
Silent majority becomes loud: wave of protests against the right
After it became known that right-wing extremists were meeting with politicians from the AfD and CDU, widespread resistance was forming on Germany’s streets. The revelations set something in motion. In 1958, the writer Erich Kästner looked back on the Nazi era. The author of “Emil and the Detectives” came to the conclusion: “The events from […]
Why is the painter so revered in Germany?
Germany is in Caspar David Friedrich fever. The romantic was not only good at painting, he has also always been taken in by many sides – a recipe for success. This year Caspar David Friedrich is hiking almost 500 kilometers through Germany. On the occasion of the painter’s 250th birthday, museums in Hamburg, Berlin and […]
