{"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
\n

Lion Knirsch<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
\n\t\n\r\n
\r\n \n
\n\n
\n \"\"\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n
\r\n \n\n

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\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\n
\n

Stories by Lion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n

\r\n\t
\r\n\r\n\t\t
\n\tWork<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

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

\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<\/article>\r\n\n\n\r\n
\r\n\t
\r\n\r\n\t\t
\n\tOn the margins<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

\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

\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\"The\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<\/article>\r\n\n\n\r\n
\r\n\t
\r\n\r\n\t\t
\n\tIdeals<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

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

\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\"\"\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<\/article>\r\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n

Recommended by the editors<\/h2>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n Traces<\/span>\r\n

\r\n Irmela Mensah-Schramm: fighting Nazi slogans with a scraper and a heart <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
\r\n

For decades one woman has been scraping messages of hate out of public spaces \u2013 she has removed more than 140,000 of them. The attacks go on.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

\r\n \"\"\r\n\r\n <\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n\r\n <\/article>\r\n\r\n \r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n Final projects<\/span>\r\n

\r\n Behind the scenes of healthcare. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
\r\n

Patricia K\u00fchfuss documents the staff shortage at German hospitals<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

\r\n \"\"\r\n\r\n <\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n\r\n <\/article>\r\n\r\n \r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n Traces<\/span>\r\n

\r\n \u2018The wolf is a problem that can be solved\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
\r\n

Protect or shoot? How farmers and conservationists are struggling over the right way to deal with the returning predator.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

\r\n \"\"\r\n\r\n <\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n\r\n <\/article>\r\n\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n Power and control<\/span>\r\n

\r\n Friedrich Merz: between BlackRock and the Chancellery <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
\r\n

The CDU leader presents himself as a man of the people \u2013 despite a multimillion past in the world of finance. Why do so many listen to him?<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

\r\n \"A\r\n <\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n\r\n <\/article>\r\n\r\n \r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n Power and control<\/span>\r\n

\r\n Censorship in the USA: \u2018Seeing someone like me in a book meant everything to me\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
\r\n

Why removing books from US school libraries means far more than politics to many young people.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

\r\n \"Symbolic\"\r\n\r\n <\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n\r\n <\/article>\r\n\r\n \r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n Work<\/span>\r\n

\r\n Taking a break \u2013 out of sight <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
\r\n

In the back room, in the warehouse, on crates in the back yard: breaks are part of the working day \u2013 and often happen out of sight. Quiet, unremarkable, indispensable.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

\r\n \"\"\r\n\r\n <\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n\r\n <\/article>\r\n\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n
\n TO THE MAGAZINE HOMEPAGE<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22428,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75505","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLion Knirsch – visualjournalism.de<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"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\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lion Knirsch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/wwwfotostudentende\/100065173703897\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-28T10:32:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LionKnirsch_Portraet_Erweitert.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HsHannover\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/lion-knirsch\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/lion-knirsch\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lion Knirsch – visualjournalism.de\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/lion-knirsch\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/lion-knirsch\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/LionKnirsch_Portraet_Erweitert.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-06T18:52:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-28T10:32:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"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\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/lion-knirsch\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/lion-knirsch\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/lion-knirsch\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/LionKnirsch_Portraet_Erweitert.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/LionKnirsch_Portraet_Erweitert.jpeg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/lion-knirsch\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lion Knirsch\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography\",\"description\":\"Alles \u00fcber den Bachelor-Studiengang an der Hochschule Hannover\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"visualjournalism.de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Hochschule Hannover \u2013 University of Applied Sciences and Arts\",\"alternateName\":\"HsH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo-hochschule-hannover.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo-hochschule-hannover.png\",\"width\":363,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Hochschule Hannover \u2013 University of Applied Sciences and Arts\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/people\\\/wwwfotostudentende\\\/100065173703897\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/HsHannover\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lion Knirsch – visualjournalism.de","description":"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","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lion Knirsch","og_description":"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","og_url":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/","og_site_name":"Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/wwwfotostudentende\/100065173703897\/","article_modified_time":"2026-09-28T10:32:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":1500,"url":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LionKnirsch_Portraet_Erweitert.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@HsHannover","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/","url":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/","name":"Lion Knirsch – visualjournalism.de","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LionKnirsch_Portraet_Erweitert.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-06-06T18:52:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-28T10:32:49+00:00","description":"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","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LionKnirsch_Portraet_Erweitert.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LionKnirsch_Portraet_Erweitert.jpeg","width":1500,"height":1500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lion-knirsch\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lion Knirsch"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/","name":"Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography","description":"Alles \u00fcber den Bachelor-Studiengang an der Hochschule Hannover","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"visualjournalism.de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/#organization","name":"Hochschule Hannover \u2013 University of Applied Sciences and Arts","alternateName":"HsH","url":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-hochschule-hannover.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-hochschule-hannover.png","width":363,"height":270,"caption":"Hochschule Hannover \u2013 University of Applied Sciences and Arts"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/wwwfotostudentende\/100065173703897\/","https:\/\/x.com\/HsHannover","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/visualjournalism.de\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75505"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77514,"href":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75505\/revisions\/77514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}