In Hamburg's new Nazi bunker extravaganza for the leisure society, phantoms of a forever war lurk in every nook and corner. Inspection of a building with built-in abysses.
it's an object in tension. It tries to be hip instead of somber but it feels tacked on. The bunker seems ready to shake off the flimsy bits on top at any moment. In fact, eventually, the hotel will go bust as they always do, but the bunker will stay much the same.
On reflection i kind of like it, but I'm also glad i don't have to look at this every day.
Hallo! I only recently discovered your writing - as a long term expat Northern German I really enjoy reading you. I don’t read much German anymore these days but your pieces in German or in English on Northern German locations/topics take me back to my roots, in a good way. Forgive me for not addressing you in German. I was wondering: Have you read “The Fourth Turning” by Howe and Strauss? Depressing but interesting read about the (almost?) inevitability of what you describe. 80 years after the end of World War II we are about to end up potentially in a civilization ending war. The Fourth Turning explains why…
Hello Angela, greetings from the North, and thank you for your kind words. "The Fourth Turning" I haven't read yet, though I find it mentioned often. What I do read and recommend is Sasha Stone's Substack, "Free Thinking through the Fourth Turning".
So many eye-opening, if depressing reads. Scary times, indeed.
A beautiful piece. Poignant for me as it reminds me of how many deluded people in my country (the South) glide over our Confederate past in the interest of tourist dollars. Personally I cannot but bow humbly toward the courage of the German landser (and the Russian soldiers), pray for the repose and peace of those poor people incinerated by the Allied firebombs. And recall that the U.S. originated the “war on civilians” idea when they invaded my country.
God, I hope that enough people can wake up to stop this madness.
it's an object in tension. It tries to be hip instead of somber but it feels tacked on. The bunker seems ready to shake off the flimsy bits on top at any moment. In fact, eventually, the hotel will go bust as they always do, but the bunker will stay much the same.
On reflection i kind of like it, but I'm also glad i don't have to look at this every day.
You absolutely nailed it! That has been exactly my experience of the thing.
Hallo! I only recently discovered your writing - as a long term expat Northern German I really enjoy reading you. I don’t read much German anymore these days but your pieces in German or in English on Northern German locations/topics take me back to my roots, in a good way. Forgive me for not addressing you in German. I was wondering: Have you read “The Fourth Turning” by Howe and Strauss? Depressing but interesting read about the (almost?) inevitability of what you describe. 80 years after the end of World War II we are about to end up potentially in a civilization ending war. The Fourth Turning explains why…
Hello Angela, greetings from the North, and thank you for your kind words. "The Fourth Turning" I haven't read yet, though I find it mentioned often. What I do read and recommend is Sasha Stone's Substack, "Free Thinking through the Fourth Turning".
So many eye-opening, if depressing reads. Scary times, indeed.
A beautiful piece. Poignant for me as it reminds me of how many deluded people in my country (the South) glide over our Confederate past in the interest of tourist dollars. Personally I cannot but bow humbly toward the courage of the German landser (and the Russian soldiers), pray for the repose and peace of those poor people incinerated by the Allied firebombs. And recall that the U.S. originated the “war on civilians” idea when they invaded my country.
God, I hope that enough people can wake up to stop this madness.