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Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff's The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975) was a pivotal film for the New German Cinema movement. Julian...
Günter Grass was Germany’s foremost writer for more than half a century, and his books were and remain best-sellers across the world. The Tin Drum ...
Out of the Shadows of a Husband
A fresh, nuanced view of Veza Canetti's literary career and its relationship to that of her famous husband. The Viennese playwright, novelist, and sho...
Doubters, Believers, Seekers in Literature and Film
The contributors address a range of issues, including the controversial building of a mosque in Cologne & pressure experienced by German Jews to recon...
Narratives of the Nation / Fantasies of the Revolution, 1970–2010
The Baader-Meinhof Group and other violent underground organizations have provided material to many novels by leading German and international writers...
Ethnic Conflict in the Polish-Ukrainian Borderlands
By any standards, Waldemar Lotnik's experience of the Second World War was remarkable. Fighting in the Polish Resistance, his unit was engaged in a bi...
Literature, History, Politics
"Gunter Grass is the most influential German writer since the Second World War. His books have always challenged conventional attitudes and outraged r...
"Upon its release, Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff's The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975) was a pivotal film for the New German Cine...