Who is afraid of the BND?
Book presentation
A book by former BND President Gerhard Schindler raises relevant security policy questions: What does our security architecture currently look like – and what should, or should it look like? The BND in the crosshairs of politics: What is it allowed to do – and what should it be able to do?
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Textual crime scene – On the trail of crime
Lecture
When texts become crime scenes and words become weapons, language profilers come into action. Leo Martin is a specialist who knows what threatening letters, extortion letters, forged wills and anonymous letters can reveal about the perpetrator.
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Markus Wolf
Book presentation
A new biographical work about an epoch-making figure in German-German history: Markus Wolf. For 34 years he was chief of espionage of the GDR foreign intelligence service HV A and deputy to the Minister for State Security Erich Mielke.
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Die fremde Spionin (The Strange Spy)
Book presentation
The novel “Die fremde Spionin” (The Strange Spy) is a breathtaking journey through time and brings historical personalities such as Erich Honecker, John F. Kennedy, BND boss Reinhard Gehlen and GDR economic functionary Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski to life.
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Oktoberfest bombing 1980
Panel discussion
On September 26, 1980, the Oktoberfest bombing occurred in Munich, and on December 19, the first anti-Semitic murder in postwar German history occurred in Erlangen. Together with representatives of the secret services and the journalist Chaussy, we set out on a search for clues.
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Conspiracy Theories
Panel Discussion
Self-proclaimed lateral thinkers, YouTuber and extremists flood the Internet and more and more often public places. Experts and politicians discuss how conspiracy theories arise, how they can be instrumentalized and what kind of danger they pose.
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