The Kasseler, who defected to the Red Army


Before today 75 years, am 8. May 1945 The Second World War in Germany ended with the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht. The Kassel communist Willi Belz experienced the long-awaited end of Hitler's Germany on the Eastern Front, but on the side of the Red Army.

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The Kasseler, who defected to the Red Army

Before today 75 years, am 8. May 1945 The Second World War in Germany ended with the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht. The Kassel communist Willi Belz experienced the long-awaited end of Hitler's Germany on the Eastern Front, but on the side of the Red Army.

Rise of the shit jobs

Hospital staff, Logistics industry and retail employees: The current crisis also shows in Kassel, whose work is essential for our society. A conversation with Luisa, who works in a supermarket.

With the public bus to the Nazi march

20. July 2019, Nazi parade in Kassel. During the local traffic comes to a standstill, some of the neo-Nazis are being driven to the starting point of their demonstration by a regular bus. How does that fit the image of the city, decided to have tried, to prevent the deployment?

Who else is already talking of revolution?

A group of activists toured 2019 the region of Northern / Eastern Syria and provides first-hand impressions. After the 8. March 2020 we are republishing this feminist contribution to the debate.

The Stephan Ernst complex

In June 2019 the CDUler Walter Lübcke in Kassel was murdered by neo-Nazis. The next dead in the city by right terrorist groups. Although the headlines are full of the suspected terrorists Stephan Ernst and Markus Hartmann, going on but surprisingly little in Kassel.

Tired of the war – A conversation about Iran

At the beginning of the year, the US armed forces killed the Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. The following international crisis was omnipresent for a short time. We spoke with the Kassel Shami Salwati about the incident and the current situation in Iran.