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Topper SherwoodPractical Stories of 'Radical' (also Practical) Art & Literature from 20th-Century Europe & Beyond.
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'Germany has lost its moral compass'
Police clear a pro-Palestinian camp at Berlin’s Free University in 2024. (Credit: Reuters)
BERLIN (August 8, 2026) — For me, the EU Observer is the best English-language journal covering European news today. This headline on an opinion col...
'Make Your Heart Less Brittle'
German folk singer Wolf Biermann in November 1976, during a concert in Köln. (dpa)
This is my interpretation of a song “Ermutigung,” by Wolf Biermann. In English, I call it “Take Heart.”
You can download the sound file (mp3) of “Take He...
The Education of an Antifascist Intelligence Worker (2026)
Ten years before Hitler came to power, university student Hugo B- was examining the changing nature of journalism.
Author’s note: I’m taking a (very) few liberties with my translations of Hugo B-’s writing and postwar public speaking, as I...
Election 'dating service' hooks-up German voters with sympathetic political parties.
The current election’s Wal-o-Mat asks voters to respond to 38 statements. Here, it’s: “Germany should give further military support to Ukraine. (Agree - Neutral - Do not Agree)” The second statement is: “State financial support should conti...
New Lessons from the Past, Starting with Last Week
Just got much-needed new lenses. I can actually see well for the first time in almost two years…. (CC-ID: Topper Sherwood)
BERLIN (July 13, 2026) — I went to so many gatherings last week I’ve been shunned by the Berlin Society of Hermits....
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Veteran journalist for Associated Press, TIME, BusinessWeek, Boston Globe, Smithsonian pubs & other US/German clients, Sherwood writes about courageous thinkers of 20th-century art and literature, including “activists” of the Avant Garde/Modern.
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