Preussen

Hohenzollern, Bismarck, and German punctuality – when one thinks of Prussia, such attributes immediately come to mind. But what was Prussia actually? Few topics are surrounded by as many myths as well as serious facts. Was Prussia "just" a state, or was there a Prussian "people"? Was the Prussian eagle the emblem of a "militaristic" authoritarian state that held Germany in its claws and was responsible for the catastrophes of the 20th century? Or was it a state of law and culture, from which the Federal Republic still benefits today? And how much of Prussia is hidden in our everyday lives? Are the readers of these lines perhaps more Prussian than they think?.