"The Failure" - Der Spiegel Bestseller

Reading and discussion with Katja Gloger and Georg Mascolo. In a groundbreaking investigation, Katja Gloger and Georg Mascolo reveal how those in charge ignored warnings for decades and silenced critical voices in German Russia policy. Using numerous secret documents and conversations with dozens of eyewitnesses, they tell a breathtaking story: about the true background of the celebrated Putin speech in the Bundestag and a back channel to the Kremlin that was, in a previous life, a Stasi spy. They discuss a secret dossier from the Foreign Office that already described an armed conflict over Crimea and Eastern Ukraine in 2007 – which ended up in the archives. They reveal the details of an inexplicably close military cooperation – and why Putin's nuclear threats cause a Chancellor to travel halfway around the world. Experience the two bestselling authors in Hameln and look forward to an exciting and enlightening evening in the festivity hall of the Hotel Stadt Hameln!