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Deborah Feldman

By Deborah Feldman

Culture
Witness to the Prosecution of a Neo-Nazi in Germany

On November 21, 2015, the day that Marcel Zech decided to flaunt his Auschwitz tattoo in a spaßbad in Oranienburg, I had the misfortune of being there as well, together with my nine-year-old son. Seeing that tattoo took my breath away. It permanently shattered the illusion that I have been living under since I arrived…

By Deborah Feldman Dec 27, 2015 | 9 min read
Culture
How To Spot a Neo-Nazi in Germany

‘Is this him?” my boyfriend, Jan, asked skeptically, showing me a photograph of a soft-faced man smiling angelically against a background of timber roofs and spires. We were lying in bed on a Sunday in my Kreuzberg apartment, too lazy and comfortable to head out into the bracing Berlin cold, and having just learned that…

By Deborah Feldman Dec 20, 2015 | 11 min read
Culture
My ‘Unorthodox’ Journey to Berlin

If you asked me a few years ago whether I’d be willing to live in Germany someday I would have laughed out loud. I’ve spent the last few years living in New England, where the subtle, nuanced undercurrent of anti-Semitism is positively glaring in comparison to New York City, where I was born and raised….

By Deborah Feldman Feb 2, 2015 | 14 min read

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