Daily Archives: August 24, 2019

Frankfurter Allgemeine: Last year I noticed first in Brest and then saw everywhere in Belarus and Russia the Great Patriotic War began in June 1941. There is no mention of the period between September 1939 and June 1941 – nothing … Continue reading →

Die Entführung von Hanns Martin Schleyer, die Selbstmorde von Baader, Raspe und Ensslin in Stammheim, die dramatischen Stunden der Entführung der Lufthansa-Maschine »Landshut« und die Befreiung der Geiseln in Mogadischu hielten diesen Geschichtenfluss schlagartig an — ein STOP im neuen … Continue reading →

Kommune I

Hildegard Trabant

The prison is massive, the walls about eight meters high. The courtyard where the execution building stands feels like a place of death. Concertinas of shiny razor wire make clear the prison is still very much in use. This is … Continue reading →

Meinhof lived here in 1969.