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The controversial tweet that the German Foreign Office was forced to delete. Source: Twitter
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Was the German Foreign Office wrong to joke about Visa applications?
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Arts & Culture
Restitution
Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie has restituted a 16th-century painting by Hans Baldung Grien which once belonging to Hans Purrmann.
Purrmann, an artist labelled as “degenerate” by the Nazis, was forced into exile in Florence, where he ran a foundation offering support to German artists.
The Prussian Cultural Heritage foundation issued a statement recognising that ‘the reason for the sale was Purrmann’s difficult financial situation caused by persecution’, returning the painting to Purrmann’s heirs.
Review
Read our Arts & Culture Editor’s review of revered Nuremburg-born artist Kiki Smith’s latest exhibition at Modern Art Oxford. Kiki breathes life into the concept of Wanderlust, presenting a mythological natural world in her tapestries hung in the bright, vaulted main gallery.
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Kiki Smith, 'Sky' (2012). Source: Moment.de
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Sport
The Bundesliga returned this week after the winter break.
Bayern Munich made light work of Hertha Berlin, with a 4-0 away win. All four goals came in the second half. See highlights here.
Watch here as Borussia Dortmund's new signing, Erling Haland, scored a hattrick as his side sealed a 5-3 win over Augsburg.
RB Leipzig remain in pole position after a brace from Timo Werner clinched a win over Union Berlin.
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Bundesliga Standings
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Germany in the UK
South West Silents return to Bristol Cathedral on Thursday, 13th February to celebrate the 100th anniversary of ‘Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari’ (1920), Robert Wiene's German Expressionist classic, with live organ accompaniment from David Bednall. Tickets available.
Written and directed by Terrence Malick, ‘A Hidden Life’ (Ein verborgenes Leben) premiered in cinemas this week, the story of Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in the Second World War. See reviews by Mark Kermode on BBC Radio 5 Live and on Empire Online respectively.
The programme for the German Symposium has been published. Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science, the line-up features a number of high-profile speakers. Tickets are now available for the event, which is being held between 3-7th February.
The Gürzenich Orchester Köln perform Beethoven, Lachenmann and many more on 21st February 2020 at the Southbank Centre, London. Tickets are available.
A translation and reading workshop with celebrated German author Clemens Meyer takes place at Queen’s College, Oxford on 23rd January 2020. Register here.
The National Theatre presents The Visit (Der Besuch der alten Dame) from the 31st of January at the Olivier Theatre. The production is based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s 1956 play.
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History
Check out Phoebe’s article on Frederick the Great, published on the Moment.de website.
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Song of the Week
Radioactivity by Kraftwerk (1975)
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Word of the Week
(das) Kopfkino
noun: (literally) head cinema
This word is used to refer to the process of remembering or imagining events. It takes place in your own imagination: in a similar way a film plays in the cinema.
- Manchmal schließe ich für einen kurzen Moment meine Augen, um mich im Kopfkino an Bilder aus längst vergangenen Zeiten zu erinnern. = Sometimes I close my eyes for a short moment in order to remember memories of times gone by.
- Meine Lieblingssängerin hat ihr neues Album veröffentlicht, was die perfekte Begleitmusik fürs Kopfkino ist! = My favourite singer has released her new album, which is the perfect background for your imagination!
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