Europa erlesen: László F. Földényi mit „Der lange Schatten der Guillotine“

In the organizer's words:

A literary journey through Europe. Next stop: Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Even before the French Revolution, there were occasional executions by guillotine, but it was not until 1791 that death on the scaffold was used across the board. The industrialization of killing begins. In his richly illustrated essay, László F. Földényi presents his very own narrative of the long 19th century - starting from our entry into headlessness.

Following the reading, he will talk to the Czech ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Jiří Čistecký, about how differently revolutions can proceed - the Central European states had to use almost no violence in their democratic revolutions in 1989. How have these states dealt with the newly won civil liberties since then?

Moderator: Michael Serrer

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"Europa erlesen" in Berlin is a series of events organized by the Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the Federal Government and the Literaturbüro NRW e.V. This event is co-hosted by the Association of German Friends and Sponsors of the Olga Havel Foundation, which is committed to German-Czech understanding and the promotion of educational projects in the Czech Republic.