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Former Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth Movement) member Franz Albrecht Schall's early diaries show how he became caught up in the maelstrom of National Socialism as a young man. Rallies, parades, political lectures and publicity tours are ...

"Hartmut lived with us. Yesterday he set himself on fire."

When it comes to soccer, ten-year-old Hanno Kelsterberg knows everything there is to know. This is also true when it comes to staging demonstrations. For the past two years, the ascetic protester Hartmut Gründler has been ...

An internal treasure there for the taking

Ikigai: this resonant Japanese term stands for the joy that comes with finding meaning in life and consequently concentrating on the things that are truly worthwhile. Research shows that those with high ikigai levels not only lead a more ...

The benefits of courage

Courage is a muscle, and it is something you can strengthen. And you really should, since it is often an underdeveloped courage muscle that causes us to feel controlled by others. Saying no, putting others in their place, standing up for ourselves - ...

Suddenly, elves!

Before now, eleven-year-old Lia didn't know that elves actually existed. But now, as the result of a failed magical spell, she is stuck in the body of the air princess Asalia and is forced to search for the location of Spring Water, the famous elf boarding school.

What a start to Lilly's seventh grade year! She's been saddled with the responsibility of running the school blog. Of course there's no way she can write about what's really going on. So she runs a parallel version-a Top Secret one!-in which she keeps note of who's top of the boys' hotlist, how ...