Publications · 19. Oktober 2020

During the final years of WWII and after the war ended in 1945, approximately 12 million refugees and expellees migrated to a war-torn Germany where the living standards were low and the economy shattered. Many of these refugees had relatives whose ancestors were German. Johanna Ditter was one of them.

Publications · 12. April 2020

This podcast episode looks at what is happening with the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. Christian Martin, the Max Weber Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at NYU's Centre for European and Mediterranean Studies joined me for the discussion. Some of the topics include: -Germany's low death rate and its containment measures -Privacy concerns in the EU and tracking of the virus cases -Hungary's far-reaching emergency legislation and the EU's response -The effect of the coronavirus on the...