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  • Brigitte Schiffer & Hans Hickmann on the way to Siwa Oasia. Siwa Oasis, Cairo, 1933
    Jewish composer Brigitte Schiffer

    Fleeing the Nazis and thriving in Cairo

    Many Jewish musicians fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. Composer Brigitte Schiffer was one of the few who put down roots in Egypt. In this interview, the German music professor Matthias Pasdzierny charts her unusual story.

  • A damaged Star of David on a gravestone in Berlin (symbolic image)
    What is anti-Semitism?

    How do you differentiate?

    A new anthology sheds light on the various forms of anti-Semitism and the academic debate surrounding it in the light of current controversial debates

  • Israel's new religious nationalist elite
    The rise of Israel's religious nationalist sect

    Political Islam, political Judaism

    The 7 October Hamas attacks fanned the flames of a movement already virulent in Israel. Ever since, religious nationalists have been consolidating their influence. In Germany, where politicians prefer to focus solely on the dangers of Islamism, it is easier to ignore such developments

  •  The storefront where a bomb exploded 20 years ago, the shop window filled with portraits of people
    Germany's multicultural society

    Racism 'on the rise' 20 years after NSU bombing

    On 9 June 2004, a nail bomb exploded in the heart of a bustling Turkish community in Cologne. German officials quickly rejected the notion that the attack was motivated by racism – and they accused the victims instead

  • Commemoration and remembrance – Germany is still considered a role model – Memorial Day for the liberation of Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Brandenburg
    Germany, the Holocaust and colonialism

    Controversy over 'culture of remembrance' reform

    Germany's coalition government wants to expand its remembrance culture to include the country's colonial history. Initial proposals have been met with criticism, in particular from heads of Holocaust memorial sites

  • Person in a red hoodie in front of a destroyed house – The documentary film "No Other Land" was shot by a Palestinian-Israeli collective
    Israel-Hamas conflict impacts Berlinale

    Gaza war sparks tensions

    The Berlin International Film Festival is no stranger to politics. The Middle East conflict was bound to cause debates and protests this year

  • Historiker Jürgen Zimmerer von der Universität Hamburg
    Gaza war challenges Germany's culture of remembrance

    "Decent people must take a stand!"

    Germany is seeing a lurch to the right in its political discourse and minorities in society are being increasingly stigmatised. A new historical consciousness can counteract these trends, says historian Juergen Zimmerer in interview with Qantara.de

  • A sticker that says "Defend Europe" attached to a roadside post
    Germany's 'remigration' debate

    Calls to ban far-right AfD

    Far-right groups in Germany reportedly have a plan for the mass deportation of millions of citizens. Lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany party are implicated

  • Susan Neiman, American philosopher and director of the Potsdam Einstein Forum in Berlin
    Middle East conflict and the Gaza war

    "Wake up to the reality of what is happening"

    The Hamas terrorism of 7 October was particularly cruel and atrocious. The perpetrators committed terrible crimes. Many Israelis, however, think their own government bears responsibility for the bloodshed that occurred on its watch. Susan Neiman, a Jewish philosopher, shares her views

  • As Israel prepares to mark Independence Day, the country is at a crossroads. A planned judicial reform by the far-right government has led to deep divisions.
    Israel at 75

    A nation more divided than ever

    As Israel prepares to mark Independence Day, the country is at a crossroads. A planned judicial reform by the far-right government has led to deep divisions. By Tania Kraemer

  • Bullied, insulted, subtly shamed – people with a visible migration background report about their experiences with racism in Germany in a new book.
    'People of Deutschland'

    Everyday racism in Germany

    Bullied, insulted, subtly shamed – people with a visible migration background report about their experiences with racism in Germany in a new book. By Philipp Jedicke

  • Since the BJP was re-elected to power in 2019, tensions between Hindus and Muslims have escalated.
    Rahman Abbas' "Zindeeq"

    Who's learning lessons from the Holocaust?

    Set in a dystopian future, Rahman Abbas’ new novel “Zindeeq” draws on the Indian author’s worries about recent trends in his home country, where aggressive identity politics have been – and still are – gaining momentum. Almuth Degener read the book

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