Daniel Schönpflug | The New York Review of Books

Daniel Schönpflug

Daniel Schönpflug is a historian at the Free University, Berlin, a consultant for radio and TV, and a writer of docudramas. He has also lectured at Harvard University, the Sorbonne, and the University of London. A World on Edge: The End of the Great War and the Dawn of a New Age is his first book published in English. (October 2018)

Käthe Kollwitz, Witness to History

In Germany and elsewhere, many people wonder how it is possible to restore the stability of the old world while giving it a new foundation. Ever since the collapse of the old regime, Käthe Kollwitz has hoped that socialism would win the day, but now she is unable to ignore the realities of the situation.

October 15, 2018