Markus Meckel: Zeitansagen. Texte und Reden

"Time announcements" is something Markus Meckel has made countless times throughout his career. He was the son of a pastor, an uncomfortable student, and a conscientious objector in East Germany, a pastor, the founder of the opposition Social Democratic Party in East Germany, the Foreign Minister of the first freely elected East German government, a long-serving member of the Bundestag, and a foreign policy expert in a united Germany, as well as the president of the German War Graves Commission. In his texts and speeches spanning two decades, Markus Meckel speaks openly about his unusual life path in East Germany and the period of the Peaceful Revolution and German reunification. He poses uncomfortable questions about our handling of the tumultuous history of the 20th century and passionately advocates for a thoroughly European perspective on history and foreign policy.