„Flower meadows and minefields. Travel stories from Israel“

„Flower meadows and minefields. Travel Tales from Israel“ is a commissioned work by Holocaust survivor Ester Golan. „In your diary, you portrayed us Israelis as colourful and diverse as we really are. That’s how I want to see us conveyed to you in Germany, do you understand?“

Anja Liedtke worked as a volunteer for Action Reconciliation Service for Peace in Jerusalem. During this time, she had a paradoxical experience: instead of helping the victims, she was being helped. For the survivors of the Holocaust resolve the inner conflict that is passed on from generation to generation in Germany and Israel. In her free time, Liedtke travelled the country and visited the refugee camp in Nablus. In the end, she is amazed by a region that is perhaps different from what we know from the media.

Anja Liedtke will read excerpts from the book and Annette Rettich will provide musical accompaniment for the event.

„Flower meadows and minefields. Travel stories from Israel.“ Bochum/Freiburg 2014

Anja Liedtke wrote her doctoral thesis on the „Language of reporting in the wars in the Gulf and Yugoslavia.“ In addition to her book publications, she has also contributed to several anthologies. She won the Bettina von Arnim Literature Prize with a travelogue about Shanghai.

Annette Rettich is a winner of the international „Charles Hennen Concours“ and performs with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Cologne Baroque Orchestra, Anima Eterna Bruges, Les Musiciens du Prince (baroque orchestra of the Opera Monte Carlo) and others at the Salzburg Festival. In addition to her studies in Dortmund and Bremen, she attended masterclasses with David Geringas, Martin Lovett (Amadeus Quartet) and Thomas Brandis. She has been a member of the formation „Die Grenzgänger“ since 2007, with which she received the German Record Critics‘ Award in 2014.

An event organised by the Fritz Bauer Forum