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Bernhard Schlink: Der Vorleser (The Reader) Posted by on Oct 18, 2014

Germany’s role in the Holocaust in World War II is still firmly fixed in the minds of many people around the world. For a long time, the occurrences had been placed under a taboo. Silence was considered to be an appropriate modality of Entnazifizierung (denazification) in both parts of divided Germany. Only gradually Opfer (victims)…

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Sayings + Expressions 6: The Ground and the Sun Posted by on Aug 19, 2014

Liebe Leser, Today again a saying and an expression. If you are down, because something struck you, and you do not know how life is supposed to be nice again… Remember the saying and expression below! Auf Regen folgt Sonnenschein Rainfall is followed by sunshine (every cloud has a silver lining) This one is based on…

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“Stufen” von Hermann Hesse Posted by on Dec 31, 2013

Hallo liebe Leute! Ich hoffe, ihr ihr seid gut am ende 2013 angekommen.  In honor of the New Year, I would like to share with you one of my favorite poems. It is called “Stufen” and it was written by Hermann Hesse in 1941. You may be familiar with Hesse’s novels Siddhartha or Steppenwolf (the…

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German Christmas tale: Der Weihnachtsstern, pt. 2 Posted by on Dec 29, 2012

Als Ottar sich darüber klar war, dass es der Stern der Weisen sein musste, den er sah, wurde er so aufgeregt, dass er das Holz einfach fallen ließ, durch die Hoftür hinauslief und die Richtung einschlug, die der Stern wies. Er versuchte, den Kopf so weit wie möglich in den Nacken zu legen und…

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German Christmas tale: Der Weihnachtsstern (pt. 1) Posted by on Dec 21, 2012

It’s only four days to Christmas and maybe some of you are full of Christmas stress. I’d like to invite you to calm down a little bit by listening to a Christmas tale, of course, in German. The tale is about the star of Bethlehem and the idea what Christmas should really be: a time…

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German poetry (Friedrich Schiller): Die Bürgschaft – The Hostage Posted by on Sep 10, 2012

Here is another German poem: “Die Bürgschaft” (The Hostage) by Friedrich Schiller. This time I added German subtitles to the video, so that you can read along while listening to it.     Die Bürgschaft / The Hostage   1. Zu Dionys, dem Tyrannen, schlich Damon, den Dolch im Gewande: Ihn schlugen die Häscher in…

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German Poetry: Theodor Fontane – “John Maynard” Posted by on Aug 24, 2012

Theodor Fontane (born 30 December in Neuruppin) was a German novelist and poet. His main job was actually pharmacist – a profession also carried on by his father – but always felt called to writing. His first novel Geschwisterliebe (Siblings Love) was published in 1839, the same year he finished his education in pharmacy. Ten…

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