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The empress of vintage
Germany’s largest, most beautiful private collection of vintage fashion is the lifework of a most charismatic East Berliner, Josefine Edle von Krepl – whose life has primed her to be a true vintage sovereign.
Jan 13, 2012 by Ruth Schneider in Lifestyle
Don't mention the G-word
Death camps, mass executions, starvation and eugenics are all part of the lexicon of horror associated with Germany’s past. But few know they date back to German colonial rule in Namibia, 40 years prior to Auschwitz.
Nov 23, 2011 by Ruth Schneider in Features (3 Comments)
From Prenzlauer Berg to the gulag
Last April, Alexander Egay became one of tens of thousands of businesspeople imprisoned in Russia on fabricated charges. His wife is now struggling, caught between Berlin and Moscow.
Nov 9, 2011 by Ruth Schneider in Features (2 Comments)
“Democracy is not like an aspirin you dissolve in water”
Interview: Tahar Ben Jelloun. The Arab Spring caught the world by surprise. If anyone has anything to say on these developments, it is the prolific Moroccan-French writer Jelloun.
Oct 17, 2011 by Ruth Schneider in Culture
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Soho in NoTo
Berlin’s launching its own special club for special people in the “creative industries”. The 1928 Bauhaus building sets it apart from its counterparts – but does that make it right for a city that prides itself on its rebelliousness?
Jun 11, 2010 by Ruth Schneider (3 Comments)
Interview: Art Spiegelman
No self-respecting comic retrospective – let alone a Jewish one – could do without the work of Art Spielgelman, author of "Maus": the Jewish Museum's includes a few original prints. But isn’t Spiegelman more than a ‘Jewish artist’?
May 6, 2010 by Ruth Schneider