I don’t want to be a silent dog
I don’t want to be a silent dog
In April 2025, Walter Steffen’s film “Ein stummer Hund will ich nicht sein” (I Don’t Want to Be a Silent Dog) was released in theaters, for which I conducted archival research. I […]
Schweinfurt 1945
Schweinfurt 1945.
On April 11, 1945, Schweinfurt was occupied by the American Rainbow Division. The war was over for the heavily destroyed ball bearing metropolis. In 2024, the Schweinfurt City Archives asked me to research films from the National Archives […]
Schweinfurt 1945. End of the war and invasion of US troops
Schweinfurt 1945. End of the war and invasion of US troops
On April 11, 1945, Schweinfurt was occupied by the American Rainbow Division. The war was over for the heavily damaged ball bearing metropolis. The Schweinfurt City Archives asked me […]
The Historiatheque – collection of historical films and photos
The Historiatheque
Over the last 20 years, the production company zb Media has collected a large historical archive of films and photos. I recommend this carefully edited archive, the Historiathek, and can support enquiries on many historical topics with research […]
We Sleepwalkers – Never Again War
We sleepwalkers – Never again war
One hundred years after 1914, we sleepwalkers are watching war and threats return to Europe, directed against a state that has been sovereign since 1919. The peace movement is silent. […]
Whales
Whales
A French cameraman friend of mine filmed whales in the Pacific. How much longer will we be granted such images? Plastic […]
Once upon a time there was a garden of earth – A song by Georges Moustaki from 1970
Once upon a time there was a garden of earth – A song by Georges Moustaki from 1970
Parlé:
C’est une chanson pour les enfants qui naissent et qui vivententre l’acier et le […]
John F. Kennedy elected US President 60 years ago
John F. Kennedy elected US President 60 years ago Sixty years ago, on 10 November 1960, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected US President after one of the most exciting election battles in US history. The outcome […]
The orphans of Dachau
The orphans of Dachau In the summer of 1945 the newsreel of the American occupation zone shows a film “The Orphans of Dachau” about the camp Kloster Indersdorf in the district of Dachau, which had been […]