#BonusEpisode
The days of blaming all right-wing problems on the East are long gone. That much was clear at the latest with the Hessian state election last year. Now the European elections are coming up, and yet we're still worried about what might happen in East Germany. And old questions are resurfacing: How could it be that the end of an anti-fascist GDR was followed there by one of the worst right-wing and extremist outbreaks since 1945? What does this have to do with the (lack of) coming to terms with Nazi history? Did anti-fascist politics perhaps never work? And what does all this have to do with the current strength of a nationalist party? In the second live podcast of the loose 2024 season, Hadija and Max talk with Jens-Christian Wagner, the director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation, about coming to terms with the past and the end of the hope that Germany's history of violence has been successfully overcome.
Note: Unfortunately, the sound quality is not optimal due to the acoustic conditions on site. Since this episode is important to us, we've decided to upload it anyway and hope for your understanding.
More on the topic of this episode:
-Polylux Network: https://www.polylux.network/
-Initiative against the rightward shift in East Germany: Solidarity T-shirt campaign by Kraftklub and K.I.Z. to support anti-fascist initiatives in East Germany: https://krasserstoff.com/kraftklub-k-...
-Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation: https://www.stiftung-gedenkstaetten.d...
-The Production of Death. Jans-Christian Wagner (book): https://www.wallstein-verlag.de/97838...
Augustusburg Palace: https://www.augustusburg-schloss.de/
Felix Forsbach. Augustusburg Protocols: https://augustusburger-protokolle.org/
More about Max and Hadija
Hadija Haruna-Oelker: https://hadija-haruna.de/
Max Czollek: https://www.instagram.com/max_czollek...
Do you have questions, praise, criticism, or comments? Then please contact us by email: [email protected]
Credits:
The podcast "Grief & Sneakers" was produced as part of the "Knowledge. Remembering. Questions" initiative of S. Fischer Verlag.
The podcast "Grief & Sneakers" was created as part of the "Knowledge. Remembering. Questions" initiative of S. Fischer Verlag.
... Concept: Hadija Haruna-Oelker and Max Czollek
Producers: Jenny Häschel
Editing & Sound Design: Spotting Image
Graphic Design: Konstantin Gramalla
Trauer & Turnschuh is a production of argon podcast: https://www.argon-podcast.de/