Theo Merz
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Journalist in London, previously in Moscow and Hong Kong. Written for @AFP, @TheEconomist, @guardian, @Telegraph, @thetimes, @VICE & others
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Nov 27, 2023 |
theworld.org | Theo Merz
Danny Saphier’s grandfather was born into a Jewish family in Berlin in the 1920s. He fled to Britain in the 1930s and, like other German Jews, was stripped of his original citizenship by the Nazi regime. Almost a hundred years later, his British descendants, including Saphier, have decided to reclaim German passports. “It's an idea of heritage, it's an idea of legacy,” Saphier said in an interview in central London.
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Oct 2, 2023 |
theworld.org | Theo Merz
When Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, he said that one of his aims was to "denazify" the country. That claim has been widely dismissed as absurd. Ukraine is a democratic country now forced to fight for its survival. But, as in many European nations, some in Ukraine did collaborate with Nazis during World War II. How to deal with that history, at a time when the country faces an existential threat, is the subject of fierce debate.
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