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| How do you detoxify a Nazi monument? Do you tear it down and start over, or memorialise it and acknowledge past sins? Vendeline von Bredow visits the Die Das academy in Saaleck, a place where west (Germany) meets east, past meets present, and history is contested. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information. |
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