The Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne and the Law Forum Foundation invite you to a joint evening of talks on Wednesday, 5 July 2023, at 6:00 p.m., entitled ‘Justice, Literature and Remembrance’ in Cologne. The authors and lawyers Philippe Sands and Bernhard Schlink take the great catastrophes of modern German history as the starting point for their most recent narratives. What contribution does literary work make to the past alongside historical and legal research? What moral and political demands does it have to meet? These questions will be looked at in depth in the conversation moderated by the author and journalist Géraldine Schwarz.
Dates:
Wednesday, July 5, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
“Justice, Literature and Remembrance – Interview with Philippe Sands and Bernhard Schlink"
Reading room of the Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 30, 50937 Cologne
Admission to the event is free. Registration is requested at event
stiftung-forum-recht.de
The event will be held in English. Afterwards, the organizers invite you to a small reception.
In his story ‘The Ratline – Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive’ (2021), the British-French writer Philippe Sands outlines the escape story of SS officer Otto Wächter. Based on private letters and diaries belonging to the Wächter family, Sands provides insights into the strategic networks of National Socialist collaborators. At the same time, the way in which Wächter’s son views his life today is also a topic.
Bernhard Schlink's story ‘The Granddaughter’ (2021) also depicts an escape – that of a GDR female citizen. The novel is about contradictory memories, repressed guilt and the struggle for different world views.
About the Academy for European Human Rights Protection of the University of Cologne
The Academy for European Human Rights Protection is the academic centre for research in the field of human rights of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cologne. It deals with issues of European and international human rights protection, international law, state and constitutional law, comparative law and Eastern European and South-Eastern European law.
About the Law Forum Foundation
The foundation was founded in 2019 as a federal foundation through an Act of the German Bundestag, with its headquarters in Karlsruhe and a location in Leipzig. The Law Forum Foundation creates a wide range of formats to exchange information on law and the rule of law: In Karlsruhe, Leipzig, throughout Germany and online.
Media Contact:
Lisa Kujus
Akademie für europäischen Menschenrechtsschutz
+49 221 470 5527
lisa.kujusuni-koeln.de
Press and Communications Teams:
Jan Voelkel
+49 221 470 2356
j.voelkelverw.uni-koeln.de
Further information:
https://academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de/