"Johann had taken issue with the use of the word murdered. Johann—a theologian—who loathes violence in all its forms! I voiced my surprise. I was not the only one. What could be so wrong with saying murdered?"
A thoughtful short story about teaching in Germany, translated by @ajbwells.bsky.social.
A new story, after Christa Wolf, in the original German and an English translation by Alexander Wells
"Not everyone in Buruma’s Berlin is out for their own survival, but there are also vanishingly few saints untainted by compromise or selfishness."
@brynstole.bsky.social reviews a new history of Berlin during World War II:
Innsbruck (APA)--Mann in Tirol schoss sich selbst in den Fuß
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like
