By Lucy Steenbock and Alexandra Tornow, students at the University of Hamburg, translated by Dr Kate Docking. Many people associate the GDR with high rise Plattenbauten tower blocks, the Stasi and years of waiting for their own Trabi. But the former state left far more profound traces, which can still be seen today in East Berlin and … More On the trail of the GDR
By Manuel Bolz and Marie Panten An excursion to Itzehoe On 19 October 2021, our alarm clock rang at 4:00 a.m. The reason for our early wake-up call was to attend the start of the trial by the Itzehoe Regional Court against 97-year-old Irmgard Furchner, a former secretary and stenographer at the concentration camp Stutthof. … More The Trial against Irmgard Furchner, former secretary and stenographer in the Stutthof concentration camp (1943-45)
By Kate Docking. On 24 June 2021, a European Parliament resolution declared that sexual and reproductive rights are a fundamental aspect of women’s rights and gender equality. The document stressed that European Union member states should provide all women with ‘safe and legal’ access to abortion. The resolution drew on the ‘highly restrictive laws prohibiting … More Women’s Reproductive Rights in Post-War Europe
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