"Democracies live off public debate and criticism. Anyone who polishes or even incites uncomfortable journalists and casts doubt on the credibility of the media deliberately destroys the foundations of a democratic society," said Stern's long-time correspondent in Moscow and Washington and ROG executive spokeswoman Katja Gloger. Media-hostile hate speech as a state program has long ceased to be restricted to repressive regimes such as those in Turkey or Egypt, where governments defame and persecute critical...

The world is becoming more complicated, the amount of information is increasing and its distribution is growing rapidly, even beyond known and established channels. Even the public service broadcasters are present with numerous offers on the Internet - but these are also used? Together with the Hertie Innovation College of the non-profit Hertie Foundation, we cordially invite you to this lecture from the series "Democracy and Media" followed by a discussion. "It is our mission...

77 tapes were created in talks with his mother Marie in the 1990s about her survival in the Nazi period in Berlin underground. They produced a transcript of more than 1,000 pages from which Hermann Simon, together with the author Irene Stratenwerth, developed and published an autobiographical report. Marie Simon died on 16th September 1998 in Berlin. What does it mean to have to get through every day in National Socialist Berlin? You need false...

"At the end of our experience, we are far from being!" Hermann Horwitz immediately after winning the championship of his club Hertha BSC 1930 in an article. Horwitz (* 1885 in Prenzlauer Berg) is a military doctor in the First World War and from the season 1923/24 sports doctor with Hertha BSC, which became a German champion with him in 1930 and 1931. His association excludes Horwitz on September 26th, 1938 - 80 years ago....

The amount of information and the number of distributing platforms is constantly increasing. But where do the important, societal debates still take place today - and how are they managed? In democracies, media fulfill basic functions: They are intended to inform the population, to contribute to public opinion formation through diversity of opinion, criticism and discussion and thus to enable participation. This applies in particular to the public service media. In various formats with long...

Growing right-wing populism, a brutalization of public and political debate, the fear of a crisis of democracy - for Nico Hofmann, one of the most prominent players in the European film and television world, are the important reasons to get involved in the debate right now, to take a stance and to live them in everyday life: As a citizen, as an artist, but also as the head of the UFA, which, as Germany's largest...

She was born in 1927 in Czechoslovakia as Gisela Friedmann. One year before the end of the war, in May 1944, Gisela Friedmann got off the train at the ramp to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Her father was sent to a forced labor camp, the mother, her sister and she in barrack 16 of the C-camp. Until October 1944, the women managed to stay together, then the daughters were transported to the labor camp Mittelsteine, the mother remained...

Especially for young people, the question of whether and how they will work later is of enormous importance. "The Internet makes it possible for the first time to completely reorganize work. Good digital work can bring more real freedom into the daily lives of employees. Professionals potentially become independent in terms of time and place." says Frank Bsirske about digital work environments. But is the related long-term accessibility desirable from the point of view of...

While both the US, through protectionism and punitive tariffs, and Great Britain by opting out of the EU, have opted for economic isolation, the entanglement of companies in Europe continues to develop. Especially transport companies like Deutsche Bahn benefit from a united Europe without borders - should they not also actively promote greater European integration, even beyond individual projects and subsidies? How big is or how big could the impact of companies on society and...

The event was in German.