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Fanta and Nazi Germany
‘They had Fanta in the 1940s?’ I mumbled out loud as I was doing some research this week.
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Katja Hoyer
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A feast fit for a philosopher
It was Immanuel Kant’s 301st birthday on Tuesday.
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Katja Hoyer
12
Spending Easter without Hitler
I was standing on the market square in the middle of Weimar.
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Katja Hoyer
13
Meeting Margot Honecker
Jon Benjamin on one of the most bizarre and troubling experiences of his career.
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Katja Hoyer
30
Too good to be cancelled
How Richard Wagner sits out the culture wars
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Katja Hoyer
13
The Long Shadow of German Reunification
By Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes
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Katja Hoyer
11
Why the German-American Dream will survive Trump
In the autumn of 2023, I travelled to the US for the first time in my life.
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Katja Hoyer
17
Why Germany won't say goodbye to Russia
‘Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has changed thinking in Germany profoundly,’ wrote Sarah Rainsford, the BBC’s Eastern Europe corres…
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Katja Hoyer
25

March 2025

Why Mother's Day isn't 'Nazi Crap'
- despite it's dark past in Germany
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Katja Hoyer
10
Why representative democracies aren't so representative anymore
The phrase ‘the people’ seems…
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Katja Hoyer
13
The Gravedigger of (Presidential) Democracy
Hindenburg's presidency began a century ago. Its legacy lives on.
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Katja Hoyer
19
When leaders lie...
Political lying may be normal, but devaluing the truth breeds cynicism
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Katja Hoyer
17
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