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Neo-Nazis stumble in Web 2.0
Neo-Nazis Trip Over Their Pride on the Web 2.0 On June 21, 2008, Zeitenspiegel photographer Stanislav Krupar was attacked on the outskirts of a neo-Nazi demonstration in Dresden by a mob of far-right thugs. Other demonstrators filmed the beating orgy and proudly posted the video online – investigators received the evidence with a click of the mouse. Two of the attackers have now been...
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Article No. 4: Venice can pack its bags
Venice can pack its bags! Every summer the same thing: where to go on vacation? It has to be the sea. Maybe the Canary Islands? Too hot. Or a few days on the island of Rügen? Too lonely. And Venice? Better in the spring. So we stayed here! In the Ländle. Because Baden-Württemberg has at least as much flair on the Neckar, Rhine, and numerous lakes...
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„Are you driving towards Auschwitz?“
Zeitenspiegel Team on a Tramp Tour to Auschwitz How can it be that in 2009, more people from Germany and the USA were interested in Hitler's mountain fortress on the Obersalzberg than in the Auschwitz concentration camp? Every day, around 3,000 visitors, predominantly from Germany and the USA, make their pilgrimage up to the “Kehlsteinhaus,” the last surviving structure from the Nazi era...
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Peace Counts – Interim Report
For months, "Zeitenspiegler" have been working on the Peace Counts media project in Ivory Coast. Their goal: to bring stories of peacemaking to the people – with lasting success. On stage is Fortuné, one of the best-known actors in Ivory Coast. He gestures, cracks jokes, rolls his eyes. Loudspeakers carry his voice far across the square, and photos are projected onto a huge screen…
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Trial against neo-Nazis in Dresden
NEONAZI ATTACK ON PHOTOJOURNALISTS GOES TO TRIAL On Monday, July 20, 2009, a trial will begin before the Juvenile Court of Lay Judges in Dresden against four neo-Nazis accused of attacking and beating photojournalist Stanislav Krupar. Krupar, who works for the reportage agency Zeitenspiegel, was in Dresden last June 21st during a march of German and Czech…
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A german saturday
On the sixth day of the week, opinions diverge: some relax and indulge in their hobbies, while others work through their shopping lists. 13 photographers from Zeitenspiegel, however, set out to get to the bottom of Saturday – they roamed the country, capturing it visually all at once. The result is a document…
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Gabriel Grüner Scholarship Awarded
The Zeitenspiegel agency has awarded the Gabriel Grüner scholarship for the 10th time. The research scholarship, endowed with 6,000 euros, went to journalist Amrai Coen, 22, and photographer Fabian Brennecke, 24. Podcast: Gabriel Grüner Scholarship RAI Sender Bozen During a ceremony at the Gruner + Jahr press house in Hamburg, Stern editor-in-chief Thomas Osterkorn remembered Gabriel Grüner, a reporter at...
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Speech by Gerd Schulte-Hillen
On the occasion of the awarding of the Gabriel Grüner Scholarship on Thursday, May 27, 2009, in Hamburg: Dear Ms. Gerstberger, Dear Ms. Krämer, Dear Ms. Grüner, Dear Mr. Grüner, Dear Guests, Dear Friends, Over time, I have repeatedly had occasion to think about the mandate of a publishing house that not only justifies our work but also makes it special. With…
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DRK Prize goes to Carsten Stormer
Honor for Zeitenspiegel in the North: On May 12, 2009, in Bremen, the German Red Cross awarded the Special Prize of the DRK Media Award 2008 to Carsten Stormer – in absentia. For Carsten, who is currently in the Philippines, Uli Reinhardt from the management accepted the award. Carsten received the honor for his reportage “Your Last Day,” published...
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Zeitenspiegel on Twitter
Zeitenspiegel Reportagen has been on Twitter for a few weeks now. You can follow the tweet from @zeitenspiegel at the following link: What is Twitter: Twitter is a social network and a micro-blogging service. Registered users can send text messages with a maximum of 140 characters and receive messages from other users. The messages are called “updates” or “tweets” (English for to tweet...
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Mieth Price Celebration in Fellbach
This year again, chairs were scarce: the large hall of the Fellbach town hall was packed as Zeitenspiegel presented its in-house Hansel-Mieth Prize for committed reportage on May 7. Jury chairman Erdmann Wingert congratulates author Stefan Scheytt. After the welcome by Mayor Christoph Palm and some readings from the award-winning reportages, Zeitenspiegel's Erdmann Wingert bid farewell from...
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Peace Counts School Exhibition
The Peace Counts tour is once again traveling through German schools. In the summer, “Peace Counts. The Successes of Peacemakers” will be held in Ludwigsburg. Dates: July 15 to September 30, 2009, Ludwigsburg University of Education. The opening is on July 15, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Studiengalerie, Reuteallee 46, 71634 Ludwigsburg. The exhibition and subsequent workshops are an event of the PH Ludwigsburg in...
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