Germany in August 1939: It is warm, even hot in places. Germans are enjoying the summer, whether at home or traveling. The beaches of...

First of all, yes, I've taken a break here - summer vacation. I was also traveling a bit, but the bad weather put a spoke in my wheel....

If I wished for peaceful and spectacular Olympic Games last week, I can now report at half-time: No major incidents. After all....

What a spectacular opening ceremony it was yesterday! For my taste, it was actually a little too endeavoured, a little too politically...

On Friday, a man was killed and at least eight other people were injured when a combat drone hit a residential building in the centre of...

Everyone is complaining about the so-called Debattenkultur (culture of debate). I claim, there is no culture of debate in our society...

...the Germans are no longer in the tournament! I guess that means the window of distraction is over... No more "bread and circuses",...

Just a quick update, because I have lots of stuff to do. I can report progress – since my new editor took over it is going very well. I...

After all the weeks of waiting for publishers and editors I decided to withdraw one of my projects and do not publish it anymore… because...

Guess what! I did not get any reply regarding my three projects since I wrote my last post. I find it very disrespectful. I got...

This week we celebrated the beginning of the end of the Second World War (1939-1945) and the end of the National socialist oppression of...

As many others theses days I just hope for a break from the worldwide madness. But a break is not in sight. Unfortunately. There was...

This idea is an old one. The ancient Greeks came up with this: Isonomia (ἰσονομία, from the Greek ἴσος isos, "equal," and νόμος nomos,...

Thanks for all the replies on my last post. Yes, what I wrote about my academic career happened exactly as I described. Yes, I did not...

The week started with the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, called Yom HaShoa. I attended a survivors talk by Aliza Erber. It is...

This week I was working on my presentation about “Holocaust Education and idea of reflecting on identity”. I did a panel on May 5th, at...

I tried to focus on the good things this week. It was not easy. On Monday I got a note in the very early morning, full of typos; the...

The world order has been tumbled. And we are now living in a world in which Iran attacks Israel. Again: Iran attacks Israel. I am still...

In Buddhism we know something called: Gute Wünsche machen. Doing good wishes. I actually cannot remember a time in my life in which good...

Ok, I admit: I spent a lot of time in Canada! 😊 It was a short week in Germany because of the Easter holiday last Monday. As expected,...