History
The American poet who started the Afro-German movement
We spoke to the women who knew Audre Lorde during her Berlin years and are carrying on her legacy. Read more
Nov 24, 2020
“I feel lost in Berlin.”: The city according to Mark Twain
The creator of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn lived the Berlin expat life for five months between October 1891 and March 1892. Here’s what he had to say. Read more
Nov 24, 2020
Digging for communists
Excavating Lenin’s 3.5-tonne decapitated head from a Müggelheim forest kicked off Rick Minnich’s filmmaking career, and brought the Southern Californian to local fame. Read more
Nov 16, 2020
A vanished refuge of Jewish culture
A WALK IN THE PARK! Our explorer visits a subtle reminder of Nazi atrocities in northern Kreuzberg, where a stone marks the former site of a short-lived theatre that was one one of the most important playhouses in Germany. Read more
May 19, 2020
Historian Jürgen Zimmerer on Germany's other genocide
INTERVIEW! Is it time for Germany to take responsibility for its colonial crimes? Historian Jürgen Zimmerer on the Herero-Nama genocide, the need to ‘decolonise’ the Humboldt Forum and why Germany is still repressing its colonial past. Read more
Mar 12, 2020
Ossi life beyond the Stasi
PHOTO GALLERY! Is a dispassionate look at the GDR finally possible? A film project and an exhibition take a more empathetic look into the everyday lives of East Germans. Read more
Jan 7, 2020
An unlikely Union: The rise of Berlin's rebellious underdog football team
FC Union's qualification to the Bundesliga last season made history. With their next match tomorrow, we explore the legendary GDR football club's history and find out why it's attracting a new generation of Berlin creatives and intellectuals. Read more
Dec 16, 2019
