Historian of Central and Eastern Europe, particularly on the two world wars and their violent aftermath. One love, three kids, a couple of books.
Prefers Jena to any metropolis
Joined October 2019
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In September 1939, the German army blamed Polish soldiers of „treacherously shooting from houses and from behind trees“, using this as an excuse to execute over 10,000 civilians. Poland was defending itself then, as is Ukraine now! amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
With the ongoing war, the question of the Ukrainian refugees’ future needs more attention. Here’s an important reflection of my dear friend Andreas Kossert theneweuropean.co.uk/andreas…
German intellectuals protesting against the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine should watch this documentary on systematic mass murder in Damascus in 2013. Whoever says "never again" cannot just ignore similar massacres, committed right now, in Ukraine.
ardmediathek.de/video/report…
Please share this appeal (in German) for location-independent support of Ukrainian academics with relevant institutions/persons in your contacts
zeitgeschichte-online.de/nod…
I was never a fan of Gerhard Schroeder, but the NYT article also reveals that blaming him only for Germany's fatal energy politics of the past means to let off Merkel, Steinmeier, Gabriel & Co. too easy nytimes.com/2022/04/23/world…
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[2] "Azovstal is these days the fortress where not only Mariupol, not only Ukraine is defended, but also Europe, which does not have the strength to come to the aid of the city." (Karl Schloegel in today's Neue Zuercher Zeitung)
[1] "We have read the Diaries of Lydia Ginsburg of the Leningrad blockade, the testimonies of the survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the notes of Hans Count von Lehndorff from the encircled Königsberg or Vasily Grossman's epic of Stalingrad."
Yesterday, military historian Prof. Soenke Neitzel in the German news: Germany could and should deliver tanks to Ukraine right now.
tagesschau.de/multimedia/vid…
Another voice from a former academic of the Imre Kertesz Kolleg in Jena on Ukraine. It‘s really a pity that the Jena University is virtually shutting it down this year… wyborcza.pl/7,75399,28340754…
My friend Robert Blobaum discusses an article of mine from last year in light of the Russian attack on Ukraine. Here is his letter and my response.
inference-review.com/letter/…
If a full energy embargo on Russian energy can stop this brutal war, we should go any length to implement it. Many leading German economists say it is possible. Freedom, democracy, humanity - they all do not come for free. bbc.com/news/business-610404…
Hilfe für die Ukraine: Nach Baerbocks Schwenk wird es bei den Waffenlieferungen einsam um Scholz welt.de/politik/deutschland/… via @welt
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I would like to confirm that #Slovakia has provided #Ukraine with an air-defence system S-300. #Ukrainian nation is #bravely defending its sovereign country and us too. It is our duty to help, not to stay put and be ignorant to the loss of human lives under #Russia’s agression.
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‘This is a crazy, unjust attack’: Pink Floyd re-form to support Ukraine theguardian.com/music/2022/a…
Germany a) pays Russia a lot of money every day / the ruble has almost recovered; Germany b) reluctantly delivers weapons to Ukraine / the Russian Army assembles its forces.
Does anybody see any connections?
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Das kleine Estland liefert mehr Waffen als die Bundesrepublik. Beim #Energieembargo blockiert Deutschland. Das ist eine bewusste Halbherzigkeit in der Unterstützung der #Ukraine, mit der jetzt Schluss sein muss! #Bucha