• Transatlantic Relations in a Super Election Year: Two Perspectives from Berlin

    The Chicago Club 81 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL, United States
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    The ACG will hold a Breakfast Briefing in Chicago with two members of the German Bundestag, Metin Hakverdi (SPD) and Thomas Silberhorn (CDU/CSU). The event will take place from 8:00am-9:30am (CDT) at The Chicago Club.Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. His reelection in...

  • How Can International Cooperation Strengthen Democracy and Combat Antisemitism in Germany and the United States?

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    The Charlotte Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte will host a Breakfast Briefing with Dr. Sharon Nazarian, President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation and Inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin onDr. Sharon S. Nazarian was earlier this year the inaugural Gahl...

  • Double Exposure: Museums and the Remembrance of the Shoah

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    How is the Shoah addressed in museums? How do museums extend the representation and education of this singular rupture in the history of humankind to other genocides? What can be understood as universal lesson from the Shoah, and what consequences need to be drawn from it when it comes to the question of solidarity? Please...

  • The Road Ahead: Implications of Germany’s Federal Election

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    On February 23rd, 2025, Germany will hold a federal election to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag. Originally scheduled for September 2025, the election was advanced due to the collapse of the governing coalition in late 2024. this election is pivotal, with significant potential to reshape Germany'y political landscape and influence its domestic...