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The author of the article accused Hape Kerkeling of portraying his grandfather in a speech in the Thuringian state parliament as a victim of National Socialism and of dramatically equating his imprisonment in Buchenwald with that of persecuted Jews. According to the author, Kerkeling concealed the reasons for his grandfather's imprisonment, Hermann Anton Kerkeling. According to the article, Hermann Anton Kerkeling was sentenced to eight years in a correctional facility in October 1933 for 17 counts of livestock and property theft during the economic crisis. Shortly thereafter, an additional year was added for preparation for high treason, among other things in connection with the communist pamphlet Rote Welle. He served his sentence in Münster, Papenburg, and Bremen. After that, the Gestapo ordered protective custody in Münster in May 1942. On July 2, 1942, Kerkeling was brought to Buchenwald as a political prisoner with the number 6117. He worked in the effects chamber and remained in Nazi custody until the liberation of the camp on April 11, 1945 – a total of about twelve years. He died in Recklinghausen in 1993 at the age of 91. The author described him as an active communist and gang thief, not as a typical victim of National Socialism. #Geschichte #Nationalsozialismus #Erinnerung (translated)

The account "Faces of War" wrote that the brothers Johann, Ludwig, Karl, and Josef Schwaiger came from a farm in Neutiefenweg, which today belongs to Aholming in the Isar Valley. All four fell at the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1944. Johann died at the age of 20, Ludwig was 28, and Josef was 22 years old. Karl Schwaiger died on October 11, 1941, at the age of 29. #NieWiederKrieg #WirVergessenNicht #Geschichte #Erinnerung #Frieden (translated)

The author asked whether the AfD vice president of the state parliament had been prevented from attending a memorial service for the attack on the synagogue in Halle, and whether Ms. Prien had suggested to him, referencing 1933, that there was a "seizure of power." #Halle #Gedenkfeier #AfD #DE (translated)

Andreas Babler was the chairman of the SPÖ from 2023 to 2026, rhetorically led the party to the left, but despite his energetic campaigns, he could not win the election in 2024 and remains in the public's memory a controversial figure of his short but significant term. #AndreasBabler #SPÖ #Politik (translated)

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African human rights activist Navanethem Pillay, while new US sanctions against the International Criminal Court and other current topics such as memories of an anti-Semitic attack and the dispute in the Bundestag were discussed. #Friedensnobelpreis #Menschenrechte #Bundestag (translated)

The crisis at Union Berlin is intensifying, as the new coach Mauro Lustrinelli, despite his offensive playing philosophy, is struggling with a disastrous record of only one point from four games and 17 goals conceded, while memories of the successful time under Urs Fischer are gradually fading. #UnionBerlin #Bundesliga #Lustrinelli (translated)

She survived Auschwitz as a small child and continues to fight against anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism with great strength and personal commitment to this day. "She survived Auschwitz as a small child and continues to fight against anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism with great strength and personal commitment to this day," Wüst said. #AfDVerbot #Antisemitismus #Erinnerungskultur (translated)

The Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, met with Auschwitz survivor Eva Umlauf, who urged him to take action against the AfD, while he emphasized the importance of her commitment against anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism. #AfDVerbot #Antisemitismus #Erinnerungskultur (translated)

Jeanette Therese Voermann paid her respects to the Jewish students. She wrote that for years, people had incited against the culture of remembrance and then were outraged when Jewish students denied access to a representative of the far-right AfD to a synagogue. Voermann referred to this as "chutzpah" and wrote that it could not be learned. https://t.co/VDSgPIUp6O #Erinnerungskultur #JüdischesLeben #Respekt (translated)

Nurder Koch wrote that Nazih Musharbash criticized on phoenix that Palestinians are placed under general suspicion, that their grief, perspective, and dead hardly receive attention, and that criticism of the Israeli government is quickly associated with antisemitism. Musharbash emphasized that the lives of all people are equally valuable. If the victims of October 7 are remembered but the mass killings of Palestinians are ignored, it is, according to Koch, not a universal culture of remembrance but state reason. #Menschenrechte #Gleichwertigkeit #Gedenken (translated)

Oliver Gorus wrote that Friedrich Merz had pledged before the election to adhere to the debt brake and to refrain from tax increases. After the election, he imposed record debts on the citizens, raised taxes, and continuously introduced new levies, according to Gorus. Gorus also accused Merz of going against his promise to put an end to leftist politics, claiming he has been pursuing socialist redistribution policies and expanding the state since taking office. Gorus stated that Merz would go down in history as the most brazen liar in a German government position since the founding of the Federal Republic. #Steuern #Politik #Merkel (translated)

Hasnain Kazim wrote that his grandmother would have turned 105 years old on that day. Mariechen and her husband Erich had taken in his mother, who was heavily pregnant at the time and had just joined her husband, Kazim's father, from Pakistan. His grandmother had cleared a room in her house in Rastede; a few weeks later, Kazim was born in Oldenburg. He wrote that he had from the very beginning had a grandma and grandpa and remembered both as wonderful and warm-hearted people. #Erinnerungen #Familie #Liebe (translated)

The third anniversary of October 7, when 50,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv to remember the more than 1,200 victims, was marked by deep sorrow and protests, as survivors and relatives shared their stories and demands for an independent investigation commission. #Israel #Hamas #Gedenktag (translated)

Sarah Maria Sander wrote that the third anniversary of October 8 feels particularly overwhelming for her. In the two previous years, she hardly had time to pause: in 2024, she spent the first anniversary in evacuated areas in the north near the border with Lebanon, while sirens wailed and rockets from Hezbollah flew overhead. In 2025, she anxiously worried every hour that a hostage might die. Now, she is overwhelmed by the space to reflect, Sander wrote. Besides the memories of the dead, the survivors, and the violence, she lamented the indifference of people on the street. She also criticized a reporting style that, in her view, did not even grant the victims the dignity they deserved for a single day, using their suffering for political agendas and moral elevation. Sander wrote that she has not found peace for three years. She thinks of the people who were killed on the Nova grounds, of children whose childhoods came to an abrupt end, of screams, and of families who perished in the fire. She also recalled the fear in the eyes of Shiri Bibas as she held her children tightly. Despite the pain, one must continue to live and find an answer anew every day as to how that is possible. #Erinnerung #Trauer #Leben (translated)