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Ireland wants Hitler's old sports movies

BEHIND THE PRINT: The Irish want their movies back! Before the 1936 Olympics, Hitler was interested in the hefty sport of hammer-throwing and the kings of the toss were from Ireland.

Apr 11, 2012 by in Zeitgeist

EXBERLINER's February issue

OUT NOW! "The FILM issue" – BERLINALE rundown, aspiring ACTORS, the lowdown on DOWNLOADING and a look into the resurgence of Berlin's independent KINO's. PLUS, interviews with TUNE-YARDS, DIRTY BEACHES and a new KIDS page.

Jan 31, 2012 in Features

EXBERLINER's January issue

OUT NOW! "The VINTAGE BERLIN issue" – the EMPRESS of VINTAGE, duping DONORS, wacky COLLECTORS, as well as a look at the GLOBAL STONE controversy.

Jan 2, 2012 in Features

EXBERLINER's December issue

OUT NOW! "The food issue" – our 100th! OSTRICH farms, eating HORSE, the VEGETARIAN vs. CARNIVORE issue, as well as a look at OCCUPY BERLIN. And our FOODIE QUIZ determines your foodie character. Plus much more!

Nov 30, 2011 in Features

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Norbert Röttgen

Photo by Oliver Hallman (ohallman; Flickr CC)

Konrad Werner: You have failed me for the last time, Admiral Norbert

Darth Merkel is getting nervous about next year's election – you can tell because she is starting to choke her admirals.

May 18, 2012 by in The Berlin Blog (1 Comments)

Seymour Gris: Killing off the Creative Class

A new "freelancer tax" will surely be the death knell of many a one-man or woman start-up in Berlin.

May 14, 2012 by in The Berlin Blog (3 Comments)

Schönefeld

Photo by Heather Cowper (heatheronhertravels; Flickr CC)

Konrad Werner: Berlin subconsciously doesn't want a new airport

There's only one conclusion to be drawn from Berlin's latest airport farce – the city has a mental block about this whole thing.

May 11, 2012 by in The Berlin Blog (2 Comments)

Seymour Gris: France, Germany and the fear of starvation

Time for the Germans to break open the piggy bank.

May 7, 2012 by in The Berlin Blog (3 Comments)

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Hitler: Volksvillain

Hitler and the Germans: Nation and Crime suggests that the man who ruined a certain type of moustache was not some charismatic monster but a manmade villain – the product of immense popular support.

Nov 18, 2010 by in What's On

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“Black Europe Body Politics” looks at ‘black citizenship’ in Germany from a legal and “decolonial” aesthetic perspective. In English.

In an effort to heal the wounds of the past and strive for transparency, the Stasi Archives open their files every first Tuesday of the month. If you think the secret police may have had files on you or your relatives, here's your chance to find out.

Love. Shit. Fuck. Techno Viking internet popularity aside, Fuckparade's decidedly more anti-establishment stance of the three "parades" is in jeopardy of absorbing the gentrified santorum of Love Parade, but for now, it's still gliding hard and fast.

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Serving up refreshments in the form of Mr. Glue and Al Dubb, Yaam cool down the yearly Hemp Parade march, incongruously titled; "40 Years Is Enough". An infused assortment of dub, ska awaits those who cross the thouroughfare. Be wary, potholes ahead.

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Mr. Green Deutschland

OUT NOW! JOSCHKA UND HERR FISCHER is a fast-moving portrait of Fischer and 60 years of postwar Germany.

May 19, 2011 by in Film