Dorothee Riese

Studied Culture and History of Central and Eastern Europe at European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder and Literary Writing at the German Institute for Literature/Leipzig University. Traineeship at the Buchenwald Memorial. Now she is an assistant to the directorate at the GWZO. Her debut novel "Wir sind hier für die Stille" (Berlin Verlag) will be published in spring 2024.

She is editor of "A Wounded City. Residents of Kharkiv talk about the attack on their city“ thematic focus.

Editorial

A Wounded City

Residents of Kharkiv Talk About the Attack on Their City

What was the first day of the war like in Kharkiv? How has the city changed as a result of the devastating attack on Ukraine? How do people experience the war? Kharkiv residents were asked about this in the first months after February 24, 2022.

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Background article

Kharkiv–The Capital of Ukrainian Modernity

Kharkiv was the capital of Soviet Ukraine from 1919 to 1934 - a place of bold architectural experiments and the center of Ukraine's cultural avant-garde. The expert on urban history Mikhail Ilchenko provides an insight into this period.