A few years after the Wall came down, the Berlin city government launched a competition for a work of public art honoring the memory of Berlin Jews who perished in the Holocaust. The conceptual artists Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock submitted their idea, and won the competition. In 1993, they installed Orte des Erinnerns (Places of Remembrance),...
Each week, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday, October 18 at 9:30 am ET to discuss populist movements in Germany and the recent resignation of Sebastian Kurz in Austria with Emily Schultheis, freelance journalist and recent fellow with the...
On October 20, Peter Beyer, Member of the German Bundestag and Coordinator for Transatlantic Relations for the Foreign Ministry, will join the Los Angeles Warburg Chapter for a roundtable discussion on the recent federal election in Germany.Peter Beyer has been the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation since April 2018. He has been a member of the...
Each week, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday, October 25 at 9:30 am ET to discuss Olaf Scholz and the SPD with Christiane Hoffmann, Journalist for Der Spiegel.Christiane Hoffmann is a journalist for Der Spiegel. She joined Der Spiegel in January...
Each week, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday, November 1 at 9:00 am ET to discuss the latest developments in coalition talks and COP26 with Rob Schmitz, International Correspondent at NPR.Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin,...