Hitler’s Jewish Commander and Victim
A Jew survived due to an order given by Hitler. Our editor Susanne Mauss found a note of the Gestapo to the effect that the judge Ernst Hess was not to be persecuted or deported because of an order from the Reich Chancellery. During World War I, Hess had been an officer [...]
Europe is our “Life Insurance”
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle takes a clear stand when it comes to facing Europe’s financial crisis and defending Germany’s support for Israel
JVG: What is your assessment of the risks and opportunities entailed by the changes [...]
The 9th Day of Av “For a Voice of Wailing is Heard out of Zion”
A Jewish trauma and a holiday
The story goes that Napoleon Bonaparte traveled through the Jewish section of a city in Russia on Tisha B’Av. He rode by a synagogue, where he heard people wailing and crying. Napoleon turned to the bereft [...]
Phasing out Nuclear Power
Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier on the transition from nuclear power to renewables
With the Energy Concept of 2010 and the decisions taken by the government and the Bundestag following Fukushima, Germany embarked on a new energy era. [...]
It’s the emotions, stupid!
New ways to combat anti-Semitism and racism are needed
The other day, Mehmet, a taxi driver and native Berliner in his early thirties, asked me if I thought it’s fair that Germany is still paying billions to Israel? Do we? I asked. I started [...]