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Judenplatz: The Viennese Square That Speaks to Europe.
From the Enlightenment to the Holocaust, from Ukraine to Gaza —in Judenplatz, memory meets urgency, and values face their ultimate test. Here, since…
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When a Country's Brightest Minds Flee
Expelled or unwanted, when a nation's brightest minds leave, they set history in motion—and history favors those who welcome these exiles, not those who…
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Cosmic Dreams, Earthly Ambitions: Reflections on the Space Race Narrative.
As geopolitical tensions rise again, a new space race emerges. But can today's competitors create narratives as inspiring as those that captured…
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A Walk Through Theodor Herzl's Vienna
A city walk through the brief life of a man with great ideas, in a city still divided in its feelings toward this son who was so misunderstood in his…
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How do you say "coffee" in Vienna?
Listen now | If you want to immerse yourself in Viennese culture and language, the place to go is not the university - it's the café. Follow me today to…
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A love affair beyond time and space: Italy, the ´Sehnsuchtsort´ of the German soul.
The German-speaking world's centuries-old fascination with Italy has shaped art, literature, and culture. From Goethe's journey to modern times, Italy…
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Some days still matter.
The 9th of November is still an important date and no East-West debate - heated, bitter or manipulated - can take away the reason for this people to…
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The Humboldt Forum: Berlin’s Palace of Paradoxes.
From the Berliner Stadtschloss to the Palast der Republik to the Humboldt Forum: a tale of architecture, German-style "cancel culture," and the ongoing…
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Cossacks in Friuli 1944-45
The forgotten story of an unlikely occupation in the final months of WWII: forced coexistence, unlikely friendships, and the enduring power of human…
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The Soviet War Memorial in the Berliner Tiergarten.
The most martial of Berlin's Soviet war monuments, and the most criticised, the Tiergarten Memorial is both a monument and a stage for protest and…
The Soviet War Memorial of Treptower Park.
It celebrates Soviet victory rather than commemorating the fallen. This is also why it has become an object of politics and propaganda over the past two…
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The Soviet War Memorial of Schönholzer Heide.
With the remains of 13,200 Red Army soldiers who died in the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945, this is the largest Soviet war cemetery outside…
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