Immanuel Kant: “Out of wood so crooked as that of which man is made, nothing absolutely straight can be wrought” East   Challenging times...

Memel - the peaceful border flow, summer 2023

Wouldn’t neutrality be the right answer and attitude in these troubled times True effects of sanctions Non-Russian tourists no longer...

Are appearances deceptive? The hegemony of the United States seems to be dissolving in favor of the new spheres of power and influence of...

“Is your family German or Prussian?” our host, R., asked me abruptly in Lumpėnai, once Lompönen in the old Memel Territory, or Memelland...

My grandparents would never have seen themselves as part of the Western community. They were Prussians and their gaze was always directed...

Was auch geschehen ist - gemeinsame Geschichte verbindet Völker, Deutsche und Russen bleiben daher immer miteinander verbunden. Nicht...

Immanuel Kant: “Peace is the masterpiece of reason.” A quick look at current world events is enough to reveal that the world is further...

Ein Plädoyer für Bewusstsein und Frieden (deutsche Fassung) *Immanuel Kant: „Zwei Dinge erfüllen das Gemüt mit immer neuer und...

A plea for awareness and peace *Immanuel Kant: " Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often...

Ein Essay von Dr. Katja Banik Flucht aus Königsberg, i. Preußen im Januar 1945 Mein liebstes Vaterchen, … Wir wollten rausgehen und auf...

The Weeping Soldier and the Baby – On board the freighter Göttingen, January 1945 My maternal relatives – my grandma with her three...

The thrill of amber, or nature answers in German .....In particular, I felt this on the Curonian Spit, on the brisk Baltic Sea shore with...