“Only in the last years have grandchildren of Nazi perpetrators begun to break the silence on their family history in a way their parents could not. Leading the way is Alexandra Senfft – a close friend of this reporter’s – whose grandfather Hanns Ludin was Nazi governor in occupied Slovakia”
by Derek Scally, The Irish Times, September 20, 2022
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Author Archives: Alexandra Senfft
Draconian punishments for boat people
Europe’s contempt for refugees’ human rights
At the EU’s outer borders, the right of migrants to a fair asylum procedure continues to be systematically disregarded. Take Greece, for example: in the worst case scenario, those shipwrecked may even face a lengthy prison sentence.
Alexandra Senfft reports for Qantara.de from Syros
qantara.de, Deutsche Welle, 20 June 2022
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Unlocking the Stalemate
The struggle of returning to negotiations between Israel and Palestine
Weltzeit, Deutsche Welle, Juni 2022
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Unrepentant Nazis, in Their Own Words
‘The sense of urgency is palpable. The old Nazis are dying’: How a British film-maker launched a decade-long project to interview the last Nazi eyewitnesses to the Holocaust, and why Germany refused to fund him
Haaretz Israel 22 May 2022
White Debt
Thomas Harding tells the story of the Demerara rebellion, and explores the legacy of Britain’s role in slavery and questions of personal and national responsibility.
BBC, Radio 4, March 6, 2022
Thomas Harding interviewing Alexandra Senfft, starting 29:00 minutes
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I would rather die than stay in Syria
Friends of Paros, 9 January 2022
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Crime en mer Égée
Le 24 décembre 2021, un bateau a fait naufrage au large de l’île de Paros, en Grèce. Sur les 79 réfugiés qui avaient embarqué pour rejoindre l’Italie, 16 ont perdu la vie le jour du réveillon. La journaliste allemande Alexandra Senfft, habitante de l’île, était là. Elle raconte.
Mediaparte, 3 January 2022
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A Nazi descendant about the liberation of Athens 1944
Η Αλεξάνδρα Σενφτ, δημοσιογράφος και εγγονή ναζιστή εγκληματία πολέμου μιλάει για την Απελευθέρωση
Deutsche Welle Greece, 6 October 2021
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An Imaginary Racism: Islamophobia and Guilt
Deeply ignorant – Pascal Bruckner’s hateful verbal crusade
In his controversial book published in 2020, French author Pascal Bruckner describes anti-Muslim sentiment as a fiction, claiming that the term “Islamophobia” is being used to silence criticism of the religion. Alexandra Senfft responds by highlighting the contradictions in a popular view of Islam and Muslims that leaves little room for nuance
Qantara.de, 17 February 2021
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Germans push back against anti-mask Nazi resistance comparisons
Opponents of Covid-19 restrictions embrace idea of fighting totalitarian German state
Derek Scally, The Irish Times, 23/11/2020
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