Archive - ZEITGEIST

From Oil Shock to State Collapse

How the energy crises of the 1970s fuelled the fall of the Berlin Wall

Mar 19 • Katja Hoyer

Habermas is Dead. Will his ideas live on?

On Germany's most famous public philosopher

Mar 15 • Katja Hoyer

Louise - Life and Legacy of a Prussian Legend

Or: The Only Man in Prussia

Mar 12 • Katja Hoyer

Return to Weimar

A Journey to the Heart of Interwar Germany

Mar 8 • Katja Hoyer

The Second Life of Nazi Buildings

A Visit to Berlin's Olympic Stadium

Mar 5 • Katja Hoyer

The Vanished Palace

...and the Battle for the Heart of Berlin

Mar 1 • Katja Hoyer

February 2026

A Journey through Berlin

Notes from a brief jaunt to Germany

Feb 26 • Katja Hoyer

Nico: The Reluctant German Muse

How Christa Päffgen became a global icon

Feb 22 • Katja Hoyer

The 1870s are not over

The enduring logic of nineteenth-century economics

Feb 19 • Katja Hoyer

The Iron Chancellor in Love

Johanna von Puttkamer and Otto von Bismarck

Feb 15 • Katja Hoyer

The Secret Life of Coffee in Germany

Of Ottoman trade routes, Hamburg warehouses and Vietnamese plantations

Feb 12 • Katja Hoyer

The Other 1936 Olympics

90 Years Ago: Winter Games in Nazi Germany

Feb 8 • Katja Hoyer

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