The Week in Germany: Culture

May 2, 2008

Readings: Second Opinions Courtesy of 'The Week in Germany'

As you might imagine, the TWIG editors spend a lot of time sifting through the mountain of information available on the Internet about Germany. For those of you who are not quite as surflustig, we continue our roving weekly selection of links to top-notch writing about Germany on the Web. If you like TWIG, you might find these stories interesting as well.

We have added one German-language article to our readings list as a new service - just in case you felt like practicing your German.

Happy Reading!

Akin Film Big Winner at German Awards
As Germany.info and this piece by Reuers report, a film by German-Turkish director Fatih Akin won top honors at the $5 million German Film Prize on April 25, taking best picture and three categories of the world's most lucrative film awards.

Hero or Traitor? Oskar Schindler Still Divides
The man who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust would have turned 100 on April 28, 2008. As reported by Deutsche Welle, Oskar Schindler - the subject of the Oscar-winning 1993 Steven Spielberg film "Schindler's List" - remains a controversial figure for some.

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