The Institute for Sexual Science: Berlin’s forgotten centre for trans activism
Today only a small plaque along the Spree commemorates the villa where Magnus Hirschfeld carried out the […]
90 years on
Conspiracy? The Reichstag Fire of February 27, 1933
February 27 marks the 90 year anniversary of the Reichstag Fire, the event which paved the way […]
Thursday 9, February
On Google Maps, there is still a giant swastika in a field in Brandenburg
Six months ago, a helicopter spotted the banned symbol mowed into a field in Brandenburg. The actual […]
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Unreal city: Digital versions of Berlin in video games
Enter a low-resolution Berghain, sneak through U-Bahn tunnels or tear across Tiergarten in Mario Kart. Berlin has […]
Editor's choice
Provenance Research: Tracking down looted art
The Akademie der Kunst's current exhibition, Provenance Research, takes an unflinching look at the often dark history […]
Politics
Red Flag: Why does Berlin have a pro-genocide monument?
In a cemetery in Neukölln, the so-called Africa Stone honors seven German soldiers who died while committing […]
