I often thought that all contemporary witnesses I met during my trip should have their story recorded, in their own words and their own voice, and that these stories should be available in some kind of database (akin to the … Continue reading
View In The Dark Night in a larger map A short update: I’m still sighting notes and pictures and books I bought on the road, and the daily grind welcomed me with open arms once I was back in Berlin…But … Continue reading
I’m back in Berlin, where it’s as hot and muggy as in Warsaw and Moscow these last weeks. I haven’t started going through my notes and sighting all the pieces of paper and museum leaflets and books I purchased … Continue reading
(scroll down for German version) Moscow is a strange city. Despite the fact that everything inside the metro ring is called city centre it has no proper inner city as you’d expect from a Middle-European city, if you neglect the … Continue reading
Currently I’m sitting in my hotel room, maxing out the last hours of Wi-Fi before checkout, and then I’ll be almost on the way to the ‘riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’, as Winston Churchill described Russia. I … Continue reading
My favourite Olsztyn bar, 11 pm on a Sunday. There is tuba. I’m in Poland for over a week now. Hardly enough time for a detailed analysis or portrait of the country and its people, but here are a few … Continue reading
(scroll down for German version) After a few months of research, I’m still surprised and at the same time delighted to see how many young people are concerned and interested and getting involved with the not easy topic of European … Continue reading
These last days flew by. After a week spent recharging my batteries on French beaches, I was a bit surprised by all the small things I still needed to do and organise, and spent the first days after my return … Continue reading
In case you were wondering where the name of my project comes from: I took it from a ballad by German poet Agnes Miegel, who was (like my grandmother) born in East Prussia, lived there most of her life and, … Continue reading
Image by ninasaurusrex It is always hard to get a project off the ground, but as I’m officially launching this thing today here’s the first post, yeah. I’ll add more and more info and posts over the coming days, and … Continue reading