{"id":75505,"date":"2023-06-06T20:52:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T18:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=75505"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:32:49","slug":"lion-knirsch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion Knirsch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Lion Knirsch<\/strong>, 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 \u2013 experience, after all, is the best teacher. Lion is particularly keen to make complex historical connections simple and easy to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Arolsen Archives: when remembering becomes work.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

A small town in Hesse looks after one of the largest collections on Nazi persecution. There\u2019s a specific reason why its location isn\u2019t public.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\u2018It was raining ice, and our feet were frozen\u2019.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

A personal visit to the memorial: a survivor\u2019s voice guides us through the history of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp \u2013 between grief and new beginnings.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Stuffed, squeezed, starved \u2013 body ideals through the ages.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

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?<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Even people who turn their passion into a profession know what it is like to lose motivation. We show you why joy can turn into a chore \u2013 and the concrete steps that will help you win back your enthusiasm.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Markus Heft portrays older queer people in Germany. Since 2022, he has been creating intimate portraits collaboratively, complemented by still lifes and places. The project preserves queer history and makes visible the double marginalisation of old age.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Johannes Nagel broke with his life as a financial adviser to become a street musician and be closer to his children.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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