Lion Knirsch
Lion Knirsch, born in 2001, grew up in the hill town of Obernkirchen, close to its famous sandstone quarries. A voluntary year in archaeology and several blog posts written for the Varus Battle Museum led him to his passion: journalism with a focus on history in all its facets.
He has been studying journalism at Hochschule Hannover since 2022. Learning from the mistakes of history, and letting that shape his work, matters to him personally – experience, after all, is the best teacher. Lion is particularly keen to make complex historical connections simple and easy to understand.
Stories by Lion
Arolsen Archives: when remembering becomes work.
A small town in Hesse looks after one of the largest collections on Nazi persecution. There’s a specific reason why its location isn’t public.
‘It was raining ice, and our feet were frozen’.
A personal visit to the memorial: a survivor’s voice guides us through the history of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp – between grief and new beginnings.
Stuffed, squeezed, starved – body ideals through the ages.
For as long as we have existed, there have been supposedly ideal bodies. Which proportions were flattering in the Middle Ages? And what might a modern perspective look like?
