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In the night from 22. on the 23. October 1941 was perpetrated in the Ukrainian Odessa massacre – a crime that has long been hushed. An Initiative from Germany to the change. 12. October 2018 Schalimovka, a new residential area on the outskirts of Odessa, the site of an extraordinary event. The ambassadors of Germany…

Not just an idyllic place. But the Locals wrecked holiday colony is sufficient, to spend the summer time. Esther Kinsky, takes us on a journey into the Hungarian Wasteland. In the sparsely populated South of Hungary, where Esther Kinsky has a skinny novel, “summer freshness”, the summer homes in the “Üdülo” (Hungarian: holiday settlement) from…

For you the feel of books is almost as important as the Told. In her novel Judith schalansky has the post-reunification Germany. The brilliant hatred monologue of a teacher in the Eastern province. Sensual you need to be Surprises in the mountains, unfold page by page slowly. The cover, the thickness of the paper, color…

Masha is planning a career as a UN interpreter. But the sudden death of your friend throws you completely off track. Her essay is a rejection tells the story of a Generation that knows no limits, but also no home. In her debut novel, Olga, the Media draws the portrait of a modern young woman,…

Katja Petrowskaja tells the story of her own Jewish family over several generations. Brings you the dead and Missing from the anonymity – and the many victims in Eastern Europe. “I think her name was Esther, my father said. Yes, maybe Esther. I had two grandmothers, and one of them, Esther was called, exactly.” Possibly…

A whole life, forcefully and sensitively to describe to just under 160 pages, this was achieved in 2014, the Austrian Robert Seethaler. The slim book became a surprising success, even abroad. “He had nobody, but he had everything he needed, and that was enough.” This is the story of the Andreas Egger. Born around the…

Three siblings, a car accident and a life-long love: The young Benedict Wells is told in “The end of loneliness” with Verve and wit from growing up and converts on the footsteps of the great role models. “And then the 8 came. January, a Sunday. In the years after that, I have tried often, to…

Rome in the summer of 1954. The ghosts awaken. The submerged SS General Jew Jahn meets his divided family. Koeppen describes the ironic umhaucht – German spirit of the postwar Era. Rome in the early fifties. The first tourists to roam the city, in the cafes and Restaurants amused the Bohème, in the late-night bars,…

You can read Hilbigs novel as a Satire on the secret service of the GDR and its literary scene. But also as a comment to a live atmosphere, to distinguish between Victims and perpetrators. “I” is the shortest and seemingly simplest songs in our selection of the 100 books. Apparently, because behind this “I” to…

Stalinism in the Soviet Union could not be addressed in the GDR to the public. Stefan Heym wrote the key novel for this reason, the same in English. Only 34 years later, he appeared on German. We are in the year 1956, three years after Stalin’s death. In the GDR, the socialist construction is progressing,…

The populist policy of the USA and the trade war with China is of concern to the globalizers. IMF Chief Lagarde to Fix a clear message for US President Trump: “don’t destroy.” In a significant rebuff to the economic policy of U.S. President Donald Trump IMF Chief Christine Lagarde, opened the annual meeting of the…

Behind the 289-million-Dollar judgment against Monsanto a big question mark all of a sudden. For the parent company, Bayer is much. Important part of success for Bayer AG: In the first the US alleged cancer risks from weeds, the daughter of Monsanto killers with the controversial active ingredient glyphosate makes a u-turn. The competent judge…

For this Assist, it takes a real cold snout: German shepherd dog makes a basketball player, Max Pearce, a specific template – an application for the Harlem Globetrotters? Spectacular slam dunks are nothing special for Max Pearce. The basketball player is known for his sensational basket-cracker. Example: at the end of may, he thundered a…

In principle, women in Germany are allowed to do everything. Also Chancellor. But look closer and you will recognize that women in professional life is still rarely on managerial position in the land. Open and advanced – so the population wants to be the richest country in the European Union. Women are entitled for 70…

Maybe the murder had on the Bulgarian journalist Marinowa no political Background. But the country discussed since then on corruption and freedom of the press. Were pulled also jumping to conclusions? Viktoria Marinowa, TV presenter from the Bulgarian Danube city of Ruse, was raped, robbed and brutally murdered. Only a few days previously, they had…

For more than a decade, the “Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism” devote itself to the promotion of investigative journalism in Arab newsrooms. The media organization was excellent. “We have opted for ‘Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism’ (ARIJ), because they work in an increasingly difficult environment for education and transparency, not infrequently risking their lives”, –…

Before the G20 Finance Ministers ‘ meeting in Bali, a new dispute between China and the United States is on the horizon. US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin warned Beijing against a devaluation of its currency to gain trade advantages. “While we look at trade issues, there is no question that we want to make sure that…

Save lives, Paralyzed to help, and something against the global warming to do – a Rabbi-organization of three Tech Startups. Lisa Louis was at the award ceremony in Paris. Award winners with a Rabbi. From left: Claudiu., Maoz Ben-Ari, Pinchas Goldschmidt, Uri Gabbay, Thierry Lamidieu, Ben-Zion Bobrovsky “Improve your technology to the world?” – this…

You could not be only collected during the state visit of Federal President of Germany Steinmeier in Greece, but soon also from Poland. The issue of reparations burdened the Greek-German relations for decades. The Germans, with their occupation in the Second world war, endless suffering on Greece: According to official Greek figures, 300,000 people were…

The Yemeni Nobel peace prize winner tawakel Karman protests for days against the Disappearance of the Dissident Jamal Khashoggi. In a DW Interview, she raises serious allegations against the Saudi government. Solidarity with Jamal Kashoggi: Tawakkol Karman in front of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, 5.10. 2018 DW: Ms. Karman, you are protesting daily in…

Greece owes Germany billions. Or Vice-versa? More than 70 years after the end of the war, Athens and Berlin are arguing over the costs from the time of the German occupation in the Second world war. After the attack on Greece, the swastika flag blows in may 1941, on the Acropolis in Athens. Until 1944,…

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Since the beginning of October, the Saudi’s gone cal, the Journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The critics of the regime had an appointment at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. What is so far about the case? The facts at a Glance. Who is Jamal Khashoggi? The Saudi Journalist, has made his articles on the Arab world and…

The cruise ship “AIDAnova” of the Meyer Werft in Papenburg, on the narrow Ems, finally, in the reverse gear of the North sea. It will be the first cruise ship, which is operated with liquid gas. On Tuesday afternoon, the 337-Meter-happened long and 42 meters wide, the ocean giant, the last bottleneck in Gandersum. Many…