Tagesarchive: Oktober 3, 2019

I’m having dinner where the van hit. It’s an odd feeling. There’s no marker.

Thinking of Clemens August Graf von Galen, T4, the Scholls, courage, silence, complicity. Of this I remain unconvinced.

Peace of Westphalia signed here as well as Osnabrück.

The field to the right is where excavations first began thirty years ago and are going on today. The view here is facing west. Hills rise to the left. There is low marshy ground to the right. The German tribes … Weiterlesen →

Only a few of the barracks buildings are still standing, as new housing is under construction. The mortars hit in the center left. It’s strange to hear people blithely talk about a hard border and abrogating the Good Friday Agreement. … Weiterlesen →

The Peace of Westphalia was signed here and in Münster, ending the Thirty Years War and beginning the era of modern states and international law. This seems like the right place to be on the Day of German Unity thirty … Weiterlesen →

Ronald Augustin was imprisoned here.