OffenheitIn der Deutschstunde

In German class

I was born in Istanbul. When I was three years old, my mother and I moved to Germany...

OffenheitLiebe

Love

The story comes from my 98-year-old grandmother. She grew up in the countryside in Lower Saxony during...

OffenheitSchlüsselbegriff

Key term

Reminder: Here, in this city, last summer – a "master class" of a different kind. A young...

OffenheitMein drittes Kind

My third child

My husband and I have two bright, healthy boys. When the youngest started kindergarten, he said...

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OffenheitKaffee

Coffee

As a student, I always have a little too little money, but too much desire for freedom and...

OffenheitDas Lächeln

The smile

During my 2021 summer vacation in the Allgäu, I took part in the “Run of Good Hope” with my family, a...

OffenheitMein eigener Standpunkt

My own point of view

In 2011, I visited the Mi'kmaq people on the island of Newfoundland, Canada. These and other Indigenous people...

OffenheitDie Bushaltestelle

The bus stop

I remember that as a little girl I often stood next to older people at bus stops...

OffenheitOffenheit öffnet Räume

Openness opens spaces

In a group of like-minded people, I talked about experiences that were very intense and...

OffenheitSommerliche Leichtigkeit

Summery lightness

For me, openness doesn't just mean a situation, but daily moments in which I am open...

OffenheitDer blaue Elefant

The Blue Elephant

One sunny day, I boarded the train. It was the summer seven years ago when the thermometer...

OffenheitWas bedeutet Offenheit?

What does openness mean?

I keep meeting people who are completely different from me. They think differently, talk differently...

OffenheitKlebeband

tape

After school, I moved from the village to the city for a voluntary social year. One of my...

MutGenerationen Foto

Generations Photo

Respect means appreciation, attention or even deference towards another person...

OffenheitGemeinsam im Aufbau

Building together

The war had destroyed much. People were hoarding, prices rose to unbearable levels, and people were...

MutMachen statt quatschen

Do instead of talk

I lost a secure job in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic with the prospect of an economic crisis...

MutDschungelliebe

Jungle Love

When I think of the 'virtue' of courage, I immediately think of overcoming and the starting position in which...

MutFahrwasser

fairway

Although I already had my driver's license at just 19 (after countless driving lessons...

Mut Theatermaske

Theater mask

I am shy by nature. Even at school, it was always a big challenge for me to...

MutSelbstwertgefühle

Self-esteem

Bachelor's degree completed. Off to faraway lands. Plan, plan, plan. Book flights, make lists...

MutEntwicklung Fördern

Promote development

I think it's very important to trust people, to be able to change and develop. E...

MutDie Erinnerungen

The memories

My name is Ruth, and I was born in 1937 in Westerhausen in the Quedlinburg district, two years before the beginning...

MutDer Schmuggel

The smuggling

In the winter of 1986, a friend of my father met a girl from East Berlin. At that time...

LiebeFeder

Feather

A love story worth telling. It all began a year ago, when the people...