We will dance again

Watch now | An exhibition on the Nova Music Festival massacre, marking two years since October 7th — and a beacon of hope now coming to life.

Oct 9

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Air, light, sunshine and lots of greenery: Berlin's dream of housing for all

IN PICTURES A tour of Berlin's suburbs, where the Weimar Republic realised its dream of healthy housing, combining architectural innovation…

Oct 3

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September 2025

When Bullets Speak Louder than Ballots: Weimar Lessons for the Present Times

ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK WITH EXTRA MATERIALS | Political Assassinations and the Erosion of Democracy: 1920s Europe to 2025.

Sep 22

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Brecht's Children's Anthem: The Shadow Anthem of a Better Germany

During every German anniversary—whether it's about the Wall, Unity or the Constitution—the divide between east and west reveals itself in symbols that…

Sep 8

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Giacomo Casanova: The Twilight of a Man and the Birth of a Myth

Without the final thirteen years of his life spent in a remote Bohemian castle, the Casanova myth would never have emerged. A tale of a human twilight…

Sep 3

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August 2025

Very Symbolic, Very Concrete, Very Disputed: Israel as German "Staatsräson"

From post-war reparations to semi-covert arms deals, from memory politics to identity struggles — Israel's place in Germany's Reason of State is…

Aug 22

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Jew Süss: The Many Lives and Deaths of Joseph Süßkind Oppenheimer

From novellas and theatrical plays to a 1925 literary masterpiece and a 1940 Nazi propaganda film, the true legacy of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, executed…

Aug 8

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July 2025

Potsdam 1945: The Seventeen Days That Shaped the Post-War Order

In July 1945, the three Allied powers met in Potsdam near Berlin to shape the post-war world. Their decisions redrew Europe's map, laid Cold War…

Jul 23

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Srebrenica: where were we all, when it happened?

11-17 July 1995: the Srebrenica massacre. Europe's darkest week and its devastating legacy. A genocide, a thirty-year funeral procession, surrounded by…

Jul 11

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German, an open language.

In multilingual Europe, the only truly viable option, German is once again becoming a bridge between East and West, open and inclusive.

Jul 1

June 2025

Putin´s war against women.

Sofi Oksanen's "Same River, Twice" and Victoria Amelina's "Looking at Women Looking at War." Two books, one message, three words: woman, war, justice.

Jun 27

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From Greek Fire to Bunker-Busters: The Allure of Wonder Weapons and Humanity’s Terrible Love for War.

Among German words adopted globally, Wunderwaffe is one of the darkest—yet it perfectly captures the deep psychology behind how we talk about weapons…

Jun 20

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