Month in German - February
11:48 AM
Another month is almost over, which means it's time for my monthly German wrap-up!
I loved this German language article from Bento about two German college students who took a cross-country trip in the US using Amtrak. Prize quote: "Our American friends were skpetical: "why don't you just fly?""
This tweet from the Left Party in Germany made me laugh - the national leader of the party and presumptive nominee for the chancellorship in the 2017 elections is named Bernd Riexinger.
The Washington Post has some interesting photos from Karneval earlier this month. The most controversial was a float which features Donald Trump with the slogan "Make Fascism Great Again.".@b_riexinger - könnte auch #Kanzler ;-) #FeelTheBernd #LTW16 #BWPlusSozial pic.twitter.com/ayIGtiSPH6— fds BaWü (@fds_linke_bw) February 5, 2016
Also, Thuringian governor Bodo Ramelow visited the Pope at the end of the month, which made this thesis-writer very happy.
— Bodo Ramelow (@bodoramelow) February 26, 2016
If you've ever watched Tatort, you'll enjoy this series of thoughts that two Americans who don't speak German had while watching an episode of the show.
Congrats to Switzerland - the country voted to reject a plan that would make it easier to deport foreigners for minor crimes last week. The measure, proposed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, was defeated with 59% of the vote against the new plan.
Mostly I've been reading things related to my thesis and watching vlogs in German this month, so there's not a whole lot of new things here. But if you like podcasts, you should know that you can listen to tagesschau as an audio podcast - I like to do that while I'm getting ready if NPR isn't talking about news.
At the end of January I got my hands on a copy of Heisser Sommer, a musical that was very popular in East Germany. It was about what you'd expect from a late 60s musical that was made in the GDR. GDR films are always problematic since they tend to paper over the realities of life under that regime, like in this film where no one seems to be wanting for anything and the police are portrayed as understanding friends. However, if you acknowledge these shortcomings, the film is pretty okay.
That's about it for this month - maybe next time I'll have a few more links for you! Bis dann!
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