Archive - ZEITGEIST

Walls, Krautrock and Fascist Flirtations: Bowie in Berlin

Ten years after David Bowie's death, what's left of his German phase?

Jan 18 • Katja Hoyer

The Coldest Winter of the 20th Century

And why history has forgotten it

Jan 15 • Katja Hoyer

Man and Myth: Konrad Adenauer at 150

Or: "Westalgie" - Why nostalgia for West Germany is growing

Jan 11 • Katja Hoyer

Inside East Germany - The Last Year

What a West German saw in Dresden in 1990

Jan 8 • Katja Hoyer

Some not-so-light reading for the New Year

Your history fix for the first half of 2026

Jan 4 • Katja Hoyer

Start the year with some German escapism

Happy New Year, dear readers or as they say in Germany: “Frohes Neues”!

Jan 1 • Katja Hoyer

December 2025

Notes from a Journey East

Or: The Other Germany

Dec 28, 2025 • Katja Hoyer

The Geist of Christmas

Frohe Weihnachten, dear readers!

Dec 25, 2025 • Katja Hoyer

Winter on Rügen

The German island that never gets a holiday from history

Dec 21, 2025 • Katja Hoyer

In Search of Pomerania

Travelling the north-east of Germany

Dec 18, 2025 • Katja Hoyer

The Wisdom of Schnitzel

A German classic served with a side of deconstructed history

Dec 14, 2025 • Katja Hoyer

Germany’s Israel Dilemma

Past, present and future of a complex relationship

Dec 11, 2025 • Katja Hoyer

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