Wolfgang Benz: "Die Zukunft der Erinnerungskultur - Das deutsche Erbe und die kommende Generation"

They couldn't be more different: Saba-Nur Cheema's family comes from Pakistan, she herself grew up in a hotspot district of Frankfurt

, characterized by conservative Muslim community life. Meron Mendel was born in Israel and grew up in a kibbutz, influenced by military service in the West Bank and Lebanon, before coming to Germany to study. As a couple, they look at the polarizing world and talk about it. Their essays are about kitchen drawers, raising children and colonialism. About identity politics, the Middle East conflict and Christmas trees. Their book is an analysis of our present, a plea for openness even in difficult times and an invitation to talk to each other.

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