The fact check
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Book review
“The Encyclopaedia of Ancient Vegetables”
by Sabine Vuilleumier
(23 September 2021) Four organisations from Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein* have jointly published “a standard work that sets new standards”, which is already in its 4th edition in 2021. More than 800 varieties of vegetables are presented in well-documented portraits. It reports where the vegetable varieties come from and how old they are, where they were grown, who developed and nurtured them.
Book Review
Governing through Fake News
International Conflicts: 30 years of fake news exploited by western countries
by Gabriel Galice*
(23 September 2021) Jacques Baud, the author of this book, was a General Staff Colonel of the Swiss strategic Intelligence. His academic background includes studying political science and econometrics. Expert in chemical and nuclear weapons, he was on-site (Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo) and in Intelligence Rooms (for the U.N. in New York, for NATO in Brussels). The "Encyclopédie du Renseignement et des Services Secrets" is among his first publications.
“Fishermen are part of the coast”
A trade forced to give up
by Marita Brune-Koch and Georg Koch
(6 September 2021) Freest is one of the last idyllic fishing villages on the German Baltic coast, near the island of Usedom. Fishing boats are rocking in the harbour. Nets, ropes and other fishing utensils complete the picture. Everything seems to be fine. But the idyll is deceptive. The fishermen can no longer make a living off fishing. The EU puts an end to them with its regulations.
Book review
Cultural destruction – a little noticed crime
On the book “Damned and Destroyed”
by Robert Seidel
(17 July 2021) In his latest publication, “Verdammt und Vernichtet. Kulturzerstörung vom Alten Orient bis zur Gegenwart“ (Damned and Destroyed. Cultural Destruction from the Ancient Orient to the Present), systematically deals with the looting, robbery and destruction of cultural monuments.
“chug boat” tour through Husum Harbour
A short interview with Captain Loy, harbour master
(5 July 2021) Anyone going to the North Sea should definitely visit Husum. There is much to discover in this town on the Wadden Sea. Those who want to go on a marvellous mystery tour can do so in a boat.
Since 2015, Wolfgang Loy and his wife have been organising tours in Husum harbour on the chug boat “Möwe Willi”. Visitors learn a lot about the port, seafaring, the North Sea with its dangers, but also about the economic development of the port and the present challenges. After one such harbour tour, we had the opportunity to ask Captain Wolfgang Loy a few questions.