{"id":76646,"date":"2024-10-15T20:43:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=76646"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:56:46","slug":"from-outlaw-to-spiritual-healer","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/traces\/from-outlaw-to-spiritual-healer\/","title":{"rendered":"From outlaw to spiritual healer"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"cover--lead-in has-spacing--m\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__content typo--tiempos\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/traces\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Traces<\/a><\/div>\r\n        <h2 class=\"cover--lead-in__headline headline-size--default\">\r\n            From outlaw to spiritual healer        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__text\">\r\n                <p>Alexander Golandsky was a criminal biker and cocaine dealer. Then he changed his life radically.<br \/>\n<strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/finn-winkler\/\">Finn Winkler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/kim-christin-zeidler\/\">Kim Zeidler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/utkarsh-singh\/\">Utkarsh Singh<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__author\">\r\n                                        <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/finn-winkler\/\">\r\n                            \r\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-68x68.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-image-portrait--large size-image-portrait--large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-68x68.jpeg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-670x670.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-420x420.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-52x52.jpeg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/1657624244648.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 68px) 100vw, 68px\" \/>\r\n                                                            <\/a>\r\n                                                    <\/figure>\r\n                    \r\n                    \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/kim-christin-zeidler\/\" target=\"\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/KimChristinZeidler-2-68x68.jpg\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/KimChristinZeidler-2-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/KimChristinZeidler-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/KimChristinZeidler-2-52x52.jpg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/KimChristinZeidler-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/KimChristinZeidler-2.jpg 210w\"\r\n                                    width=\"68\"\r\n                                    height=\"68\"\r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n\r\n                                                                    <\/a>\r\n                                \r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/utkarsh-singh\/\" target=\"\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utkarsh-Singh_Photo-2-68x68.jpg\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utkarsh-Singh_Photo-2-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utkarsh-Singh_Photo-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utkarsh-Singh_Photo-2-52x52.jpg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utkarsh-Singh_Photo-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utkarsh-Singh_Photo-2.jpg 210w\"\r\n                                    width=\"68\"\r\n                                    height=\"68\"\r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n\r\n                                                                    <\/a>\r\n                                \r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                                    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__author -->\r\n        \r\n    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__content -->\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__image cover--lead-in__media cover--lead-in__media--image\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5.jpg\"\r\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5.jpg 1793w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-1400x875.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-1050x656.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-670x419.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-420x263.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-350x219.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-3-5-150x94.jpg 150w\"\r\n                width=\"1793\"\r\n                height=\"1121\"\r\n                alt=\"Portrait of a man with long grey hair and a moustache against a dark background \u2013 from outlaw to spiritual healer\"\r\n                style=\"object-position: 3.33% 27.66%\"\r\n            \/>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n\r\n        \r\n    \r\n<\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--xs wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In his former life<\/strong>, Alexander once wanted to throw a person into a fire. He was still a criminal biker at the time and a member of one of the notorious one-percenter clubs. He remembers the evening when, high on LSD, he thought the woman he was talking to was a witch who was about to curse him. In a panic he pushed her into the fire \u2013 her trousers caught light and she screamed. Fortunately she was largely unhurt. Today Alexander knows how dangerous and irresponsible that was. His drug trip could have had terrible consequences, and it was only by sheer luck that things turned out as well as they did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander has spent his whole life in the house he grew up in. Although his father disinherited him, he still got the house through his compulsory share of the inheritance. Many of the windows are broken now, and the shutters often stay down. Little light gets into the rooms, and the traces of an eventful life are visible on Alexander\u2019s face. Even so, he is happy to take anyone interested on a journey through his past. He talks openly about his biker life, which began when he was 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n<div class=\"video-block has-spacing--m align--left\">\r\n    <div class=\"video-wrapper size--full\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1020681172\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1020681172<\/a>    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of the 1970s Alexander met a member of a biker club in the school playground. \u2018And that was the end of school,\u2019 he recalls. He soon started dealing cocaine and made a small fortune. \u2018Once you\u2019ve got 3,000 or 4,000 marks in your pocket, you stop going to school,\u2019 he says today. From then on his life revolved around quick deals, drugs and violence. There was the motorbike rally in Frankfurt where he stayed drunk for three days until he no longer knew how to get home. \u2018Take a sniff of this and you\u2019ll be fine again,\u2019 a friend advised him \u2013 speed. Drunk and high on speed, he set off for home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n \r\n    \r\n    <div id=\"quote-block_5624da43928868df2d892cbebd345603\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\r\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\r\n            <blockquote>\r\n                <p><strong>Once you\u2019ve got 3,000 or 4,000 marks<\/strong> in your pocket, you stop going to school.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n            <figcaption class=\"without-author-image\">\r\n\r\n                            <span><\/span>\r\n            <\/figcaption>\r\n            \r\n        <\/figure>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\">Fights were part of everyday life too, especially when several biker clubs met. They were about women or simply about feuds. <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/on-the-margins\/do-friendships-last-longer-in-the-countryside-hettenkirchen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beer benches<\/a> and fire extinguishers flew through the air. Once Alexander only avoided a brawl because he happened to have downed thirty glasses of schnapps shortly before \u2013 his club brothers had already carried him out of harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander is amazed that he is still alive at all. Many of his friends from back then are dead. \u2018Reaching 55 or 60 is about as good as it gets there,\u2019 he says. Alexander himself now has diabetes, and a few years ago he almost lost his foot to sepsis. \u2018If I hadn\u2019t changed my life in my mid-thirties, I\u2019d be dead by now too,\u2019 he says thoughtfully, looking back on his old companions and his former way of life.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n<div class=\"photo-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--m\">\n\n            \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-768x576.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-1050x788.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-670x503.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-9-150x113.jpg 150w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"576\" \n                        alt=\"A collection of religious statues and icons, including statues of Jesus and crosses, bathed in red light in a room belonging to a fortune teller in Germany.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-768x576.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-1050x788.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-670x503.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-2-150x113.jpg 150w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"576\" \n                        alt=\"A fortune teller in Germany sits in a dark room surrounded by candles and occult objects, holding an object in his hands.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-768x576.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-1050x788.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-670x503.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheManWhoKnows-8-150x113.jpg 150w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"576\" \n                        alt=\"A fortune teller in Germany performs hypnosis in his exorcism room\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n            \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n \r\n    \r\n    <div id=\"quote-block_af3d0663de5c476c5f9d1e03ab22a8a9\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--s\">\r\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\r\n            <blockquote>\r\n                <p><strong>If I hadn\u2019t changed my life<\/strong> in my mid-thirties, I\u2019d be dead by now too.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n            <figcaption class=\"without-author-image\">\r\n\r\n                            <span><\/span>\r\n            <\/figcaption>\r\n            \r\n        <\/figure>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At some point in the 1980s<\/strong>, Alexander decided to change his life. \u2018I didn\u2019t want drugs to control me any more,\u2019 he says. \u2018And when I say I\u2019m not taking drugs any more, then I\u2019m not. My word is 100 per cent.\u2019 He has been clean for more than 30 years, even though he did relapse briefly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\">His spiritual journey began when he happened to read an article about palm reading in a women\u2019s magazine. What started as an experiment quickly turned into an intense preoccupation with spirituality. Alexander read the palms of homeless people and drug addicts. His biker friends, too, secretly wanted him to predict their future, even though they made fun of him at first. Soon he was delving deeper and deeper into <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/power-and-control\/self-empowerment-out-of-the-feeling-of-powerlessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spiritual practices<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\">The high point of his spiritual development was his ordination as a voodoo priest in Berlin. For 2,000 marks he was initiated in the kitchen of a woman who chopped the heads off chickens and smeared the blood on his face. \u2018The spirit of voodoo must enter your body,\u2019 she said. Since then Alexander has called himself \u2018The Man Who Knows\u2019 and offers spiritual consultations in his family home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\">On his website Alexander describes himself as the most famous fortune teller in the German-speaking world. He offers palm reading, fortune telling and ghost hunting, appears as a shaman and medium, and even advertises breast enlargement through hypnosis. His house is full of <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/power-and-control\/modern-witches-a-musician-finds-empowerment-in-witchcraft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spiritual symbols<\/a>, crosses and statues of Jesus. In a specially furnished exorcism room he helps his clients drive out demons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years Alexander gained a certain fame. He has appeared on RTL, MDR and TV Oberfranken, is writing his memoirs and posts dramatic videos for his Instagram followers. \u2018I\u2019m busy all day,\u2019 he says. But one highlight is still missing: an appearance on Big Brother would be just the thing. \u2018So I can get a quick kick out of life again. Like a line of coke, only without the drugs.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">Related to this story<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/masculinity\/i-was-a-hitler-caricature\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Masculinity<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018I was a Hitler caricature from a bad Hollywood film\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>He used to march through the streets in a leather coat, carrying the Reich war flag, giving hate speeches and dreaming of the great revolution. Today Axel Reitz works in extremism prevention.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/work\/cannabis-as-a-career\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Work<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Cannabis as a career: how a dealer became a businessman                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>He cycled through the suburbs with bags full of weed \u2013 and everything went to plan. A former dealer explains why the cannabis trade made more sense to him than any shift job.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7.jpg 1499w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/power-and-control\/modern-witches-a-musician-finds-empowerment-in-witchcraft\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Power and control<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Modern witches: how a musician finds empowerment in witchcraft                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Between the stage and spells: how a young woman draws new strength from magic and community.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-768x1075.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-1920x2688.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-1400x1960.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-1050x1470.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-670x938.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-420x588.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-350x490.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-300x420.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-150x210.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/05_Stoehr_Saskia-scaled.jpg 1829w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"1075\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n        <\/div><!-- .teaser-grid -->\r\n\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">Recommended by the editors<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/comment-and-debate\/cliches-and-control\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Comment and debate<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                The image of women \u2013 who actually decides?                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>An interview with photographer and author Franziska Gilli about being a woman in Italy.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-768x1153.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-1050x1577.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-670x1006.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-420x631.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-350x526.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Franziska-Gilli_Foto-Daniel-Pilar-1.jpg 1364w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"1153\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/after-dark\/hannovers-night-angel\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">After dark<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Hannover\u2019s night angel: help while the city sleeps                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>An interview about night-time rounds through the city, encounters on the margins \u2013 and help that gets through.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Nachtengel-1-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"Portrait of Martina, the \u2018night angel\u2019, at a table in her flat. In the background is a large red cupboard and a pinboard with her personal photos.\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/masculinity\/i-was-a-hitler-caricature\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Masculinity<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018I was a Hitler caricature from a bad Hollywood film\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>He used to march through the streets in a leather coat, carrying the Reich war flag, giving hate speeches and dreaming of the great revolution. Today Axel Reitz works in extremism prevention.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n        <\/div><!-- .teaser-grid -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/ideals\/pet-play-welcome-to-the-wuffel-zone\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Ideals<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Pet play: welcome to the Wuffel zone                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Wearing dog masks to their regulars\u2019 night, on a lead to a party \u2013 why some people enjoy slipping into animal roles.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-768x1152.jpeg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-1050x1575.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-670x1005.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-420x630.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-350x525.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-300x450.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland-150x225.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_Stefan_Nieland.jpeg 1067w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"1152\" \r\n                                    alt=\"Detailaufnahme\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/silence\/turkey-earthquake-2023-bereaved-man-fighting-for-justice\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Silence<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Turkey earthquake 2023: how a bereaved man is fighting for justice                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>A man loses his grandmother when a hospital building collapses in the earthquake \u2013 and takes up the fight against those responsible.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_Felix_Posner-768x511.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_Felix_Posner-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_Felix_Posner-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_Felix_Posner-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_Felix_Posner-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_Felix_Posner-1920x1278.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_Felix_Posner-1400x932.jpg 1400w, 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